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his timber-lands. I know them well, in fact I made out the patents for them, and 

 they are fine spruce forests. The railway will also pass through Mr. Alexander 

 Gibson's land, and the people of the Province are talking about it, and wondering 

 what the outcome will be when the road is constructed. I think that it would be 

 a good thing to pass this resolution, and I feel positive that every means should be 

 taken to impress upon the Dominion Government the desirability of taking effective 

 steps to preserve our forests from the fire danger occasioned by the new Transcon- 

 tinental. 



I would ask Mr. Ross again if he will give me the information I have asked for 

 regarding the surveying methods. 



Mr. Ross. You can figure it out this way. Each township is six miles square 

 and therefore contains thirty-six square miles, and each square mile contains 640 

 acres. At this rate, four cents an acre will amount to $921. 60. The plan is to 

 first run the boundaries of the township and block it into mile squares. Within the 

 squares we then run compass lines as carefully as possible, setting up stakes every 

 quarter of a mile the distance being estimated by pacing. By this method, Mr. 

 Gary claims that the highest cost was $1,500 a township, including estimating the 

 timber and making a topographic map. I based my calculations upon topography 

 alone, which would cost about four cents an acre. Two cents an acre would probably 

 estimate the timber, making the total cost of a complete forest survey six cents 

 an acre, or about fourteen hundred dollars ($1,400) for each township of six miles 

 square, and would also provide a cardboard or veneer model. The average timber 

 cruiser cannot readily read the lines on a topographic map, and to make him under- 

 stand it more easily a miniature model is made, which he can understand and 

 follow all right. 



Dr. FERNOW. I did not want to speak this afternoon, but I do not think it 

 would be right to let the paper read by Mr. Joly de Lotbinire pass without a word 

 of comment and of appreciation of the ingenuity of his father in educating his 

 small community and showing them how to do things sensibly. The plan that he 

 has outlined seems to me to be the most rational proposition I have ever heard of, 

 and after it has been carried on so successfully for thirty years I think that the 

 mere calling of attention to it should be sufficient for such an example to be followed, 

 especially by the Government. I do not wish to take up your time this afternoon, 

 but I think it would be worth while for this Association to accentuate this feature. 



Mr. THOMAS SOUTHWORTH. I had hoped to-morrow morning to discuss Mr. 

 Joly de Lotbiniere's paper, which in my opinion is one of the most important papers 

 we have had to-day. The question of preventing the destruction of timber in settled 

 communities is probably more pressing in Ontario than in any other part of Eastern 

 Canada, except, perhaps, in limited districts in Quebec, and we must settle it in 

 some way. I am not sure, however, that Sir Henri Joly de Lotbiniere's methods 



