Canadian Forcstrij Journal, Fchruarij, 1917 



959 



SHADED R O A D - 

 WAYS LIKE THIS 

 GIVE ONTARIO 

 SOME OF THE 

 MOST BEAUTIFUL 

 RURAL DISTRICTS 

 INJAMERICA. . . 



Stock Taking on the Public Domain 



New Brunswick is Developing Plans to Guide Settlement 

 and Devise Future Timber Policies. 



By P. Z. Caver hi II, Forester of New Brunswick. 



The classification of Crown Lands 

 of New Brunswick is the outcome of 

 a movement that has been growing 

 for a number of years. 



The Crown Lands of the Province, 

 consisting of 7^ milUon acres, of 

 which 6^ million are under license, 

 is the chief source of provincial rev- 

 enue, and the value of the lumber 

 industry is second only to agriculture, 

 having at the present time a value 



in excess of $15,000,000. 



Many changes have taken place 

 with the development of this lumber 

 industry. White pine, which during 

 the first half of the 19th century was 

 our important timber tree, the export 

 of this species alone in 1825 being 

 over 400,000 tons of squared timber, 

 has been for years nearly depleted. 

 Hemlock, a few years ago valued only 

 for its bark, is hard to get at $12.00 



