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recalled from the front, where he did 

 a hirge amount of chemical engineer- 

 ing work in gas defence. Mr. Camp- 

 bell recently lectured before the Can- 

 adian Society of Civil Engineers on 



"(las Defence and Attack at the 

 Front." The Laboratories have now 

 six of their staff on the fighting line, 

 and have lost one member by death 

 there. 



Settling Soldiers in New Ontario \ 



be paid a reasonable wage. 



An advance up to $500 will be 

 made to cover the cost of stock, im- 

 plements and equipment and any as- 

 sistance in building that may be 

 given for which a lien will be taken 

 against the settler's holding and chat- 

 tels. 



The lien would be payable in 20 

 years at six per cent., but no pay- 

 ment on account of either principal 

 or interest shall be recjuired until 

 after the expiration of three years. 



At the expiration of five years from 

 the settler locating upon his land, 

 and upon the due performance of 

 certain conditions in the meantime, 

 he will be entitled to receive a patent 

 from the Crown. 



There are also facilities for co- 

 operative marketing. 



Toronto, Feb. 8. — In a memoran- 

 dum to Sir Robert Borden with refer- 

 ence to facilities for settling returned 

 soldiers on the land, Hon. G. Howard 

 Ferguson explains Ontario's propos- 

 als, some of which may be mentioned. 

 Farms containing not more than 

 eighty acres will be laid out in such 

 a manner as to bring the different 

 farm houses as close together as pos- 

 sible. 



As soon as a soldier desires to go 

 upon a farm and work for himself 

 an eighty acre lot with a ten acre 

 clearing will be allotted to him. 



The eighty acres with ten acres 

 of clearing will be given the settler 

 free of charge. For each day's work 

 that is done from the time he enters 

 the training school at Monteith until 

 he goes upon his clearing he will 



To Re-Establish Allies' Forests 



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The Gardeners' Chronicle,'' January ISlh, 191'. 



The Royal English Arboricultural 

 Society are co-operating with the 

 Agricultural Relief of Allies' Fund in 

 inquiring whether it is possible to 

 render help to our Allies in reinstat- 

 ing the woods and forests which have 

 been destroyed. Inquiries made in 

 France, Belgium and Serbia show that 

 the tree of the greatest value is the 

 Scotch pine (pinus sylvestris) which 

 readily adapts itself to varying soil 

 and climate. Large quantities of 

 these trees are now being cut in Scot- 

 land, and it is a comparatively simple 

 matter to save and store the cones 

 for the distribution of the seed re- 

 quired. The cones are rapidly ap- 

 proaching the stage most suitable for 



the purpose, as later on they swell 

 and the seed is disseminated by the 

 winds. The Serbian Government has 

 asked for 4000 pounds of this seed, 

 which they can immediately utilize, 

 and the French Minister of Waters 

 and Forests has outlined a scheme 

 asking for a supply of seed for the 

 coming spring to be followed next 

 autumn by a further quantity and 

 later on by a supply of 3'oung plants 

 of oak, beech, pine, etc. It is pos- 

 sible also that the rich forests of Doug- 

 las pine in Canada may be drawn 

 upon by the Canadian Branch of the 

 Allies' Committee in order to contribute 

 their quota to what would form a per- 

 manent memorial of British sympathy. 



