The Dominion Forests Reserves 17 



Poplar only @ 2c. each. 



1,000 lineal feet of round building material, no log to exceed 

 twelve inches in diameter at the butt: 



Any Species @ Ic. per lineal ft. 



15 cords of fuel: 



Poplaronly @ $1.00percord. 



Timber cut without permit in the reserves is seized by the 

 forest rangers, and double dues are charged upon it. If the dues 

 are not paid the timber is disposed of at public auction. If no 

 bid is received equal to the amount due the Government the 

 wood may be disposed of by private sale. During 1908 the 

 rangers seized 190,626 feet, board measure, 900 fence posts and 



16 loads of cordwood, and collected as dues $1,101.61 with some 

 seizures still unsettled. 



Up to the present time permits have been granted only to 

 actual settlers living within fifty miles of the nearest boundary 

 of any reserve. This limitation is under consideration. There 

 is very little wood in southern Manitoba and scarcely any in 

 Saskatchewan, and it is a question if the people all over these 

 provinces should not be allowed the use of the mature wood of 

 the forest reserves. It may not be quite justice to allow only 

 the people living in the immediate vicinity of the reserves to 

 have all the blessings. 



It is a question also, if it is wise to allow only settlers to cut 

 the timber. The average settler in taking out timber has little 

 care for the future of the forest. His only object is to get out 

 the timber he needs as easily as possible. If one tree has all the 

 timber he requires, but if two will furnish it more easily, he will 

 cut the two trees. Moreover, the settlers cut high stumps leave 

 large tops, and make no disposal of the brush. Millmen, knowing 

 the loss in cutting high stumps and leaving large tops, and 

 having regard for the future growth, treat the forest with much 

 greater care. It therefore seems to me that mills should be 

 permitted to enter the reserves, but they should enter under 

 certain restrictions: 



(1) Only portable mills should be permitted. 



(2) Mills should locate where the Forestry Branch directs. 



(3) Permits should be granted for a definite tract not more 

 than one mile square. 



(4) Permits should be granted for one year only, but should 

 be renewable at the discretion of the Superintendent of 

 Forestry and should be cancellable at any time for 

 violation of the regulations. 



(5) Only such timber should be cut as is marked previously 

 by the Department for removal, and no cutting should 

 begin before the marking is completed. 



