16 Tlte Canadian Forestry Journal. 



THE REMOVAL OF TIMBER. 



The cutting of timber on the forest reserves is under the 

 control of the Superintendent of Forestry. In the Moose 

 Mountain, Turtle Mountain, Spruce Woods and Cypress Hills 

 Reserves no wood except dry or fallen timber is allowed to be 

 cut. On these reserves there is no mature timber and the 

 restriction is necessary to save the young trees which would 

 otherwise be cut as soon as they would become usable. On all 

 other reserves both dry and green timber may be cut. 



Permits to cut dry wood up to twenty-five cords are granted 

 free of dues, only a small office fee of twenty-five cents being 

 required as on all permits. Permits are granted to cut dry wood 

 for sale or barter up to one hundred cords at the rate of twenty- 

 five cents a cord. 



A homesteader is allowed one free permit and only one, 

 to cut either dry or green timber if he has no timber suitable for 

 his purposes on his own place. A free permit may be issued for 

 the following quantities: 



(a) 3 ,000 lineal feet of building timber, no log to be over 

 12 inches in diameter at the butt end, unless the timber is cut 

 from dry trees, in which case timber of any diameter may be 

 taken. If the building timber is to be sawn at the mill the 

 permittee is entitled to receive free of dues enough timber for 

 9,250 feet of lumber, and no more. 



(6) 400 roof poles to be used for such purpose. 



(c) 500 fence posts, 7 feet long, and not to exceed 5 inches 

 at the small end. 



(d) 2,000 fence rails. 



In Manitoba, Saskatchewan, or Alberta, a settler who loses 

 his dwelling or other building by fire not due to his own careless- 

 ness, is entitled to a free permit for timber to replace it. The 

 quantity, however, must not exceed the amounts stated above. 



Any bona fide settier who has not a sufficient supply on his 

 own farm may be granted each year a permit for the following 

 quantities of timber at the prices here stated : 



10,000 feet board measure of building logs for lumber, 

 no tree to be cut which is of less diameter than ten inches at 

 breast height, or at four and one-half feet from the ground: 



Poplar . .......... @ $1.50 per thousand feet. 



Other Species @ 3.00 



500 fence posts, seven feet long, not to exceed five inches in 

 diameter at the top: 



Poplar and Willow @ 2c. each. 



Other Species.. . @ 5c. ' "" 



500 fence rails or roof poles, not to exceed six inches in diameter 

 at the butt : 



