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serves. This policy is becoming well 

 established and the beneficial results 

 are apparent in the form of decreased 

 fire hazard. 



On the other hand, there is no pro- 

 gress to report in connection with the 

 enforcement of the technical forestry 

 regulations on licensed timber berths, 

 these not being under the jurisdic- 

 tion of the Forestry Branch. A large 

 percentage of the merchantable tim- 

 ber on Dominion Crown Lands is 

 included within these licensed tim- 

 ber berths, and the fact that there 

 is no provision for a technical ad- 

 ministration of cutting regulations on 

 these lands is a complete anomaly. 

 Under the present plan of adminstra- 

 tion, the forestry experts of the Do- 

 minion Government are completely 

 cut-off from any direct administrative 

 contact with cutting operations on 

 lands which contain the great bulk 

 of merchantable timber on Dominion 

 Crown Lands. 



"The French Government during 

 March, 1915, estimated the approxi- 

 mate destruction of farmhouse prop- 

 erty with more than 1,200,000 houses 

 without, however, giving a value. 



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