The Dominion Forests Reserves 



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SUMMARY. 



Saw Timber. 



Manitoba Res 602,933,000 bd. ft. 



Saskatchewan Res 55,000,000 " 



Alberta Res 3,402,000,000 " 



British Columbia Res.. 600,000,000 " 



Fuel Wood. 

 6,250,000 cords. 



690,000 " 



54,220,000 " 



6,000,000 " 



Total 4,659,933,000 



67,160,000 



ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL OUTPUT. 



The following table showing the quantities and kinds of 

 timber taken from the reserves is also tentative as it is only an 

 estimate. Heretofore, the quantities of timber cut on permits 

 granted for the reserves have not been kept separate in the 

 records from those granted for timber on other Dominion lands. 

 It is the intention that in future forest reserve matters shall be 

 kept by themselves so that accurate data in regard to them can 

 be obtained. The receipts, however, as stated in the table, may 

 be considered as correct. The figures may seem small considering 

 the quantities of timber removed; but it should be borne in 

 mind that every homesteader is entitled to one free permit. 



TIMBER CUT DURING YEAR ENDING MARCH 31sT, 1908. 



Throwing these different kinds of material into saw timber 

 and cordwood we have saw timber about 45,751,325 board feet; 

 cordwood 105,943 cords. Dividing these quantities into the 

 quantities estimated as standing on the reserves and we perceive 

 that the saw timber should last for one hundred years, and the 

 cordwood for six hundred and thirty-four years, practically 

 forever, providing that the rate of consumption remains the 

 same and that no timber be destroyed by fires or other causes. 

 To be sure the growth has not been taken into account, but it 

 is reasonable to suppose that fires will at least offset the 

 growth, be we ever so vigilant. 



