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man, because one will be able to work on his own land without interfering 

 with the rights of the other. Then only will their work be of a permanent 

 nature and result in an advantage to both of them. 



EXPORTATION OF PULP AND PULP WOOD. 



The pulp wood industry has brought to our Province a large amount of 

 foreign capital. This question is of the highest importance to us and the 

 exportation of pulp wood has been the cause of many controversies. The 

 manufacturer and exporter have their points of view, whilst our public men 

 also have their opinions. In a great many cases these differ materially, and 

 in my opinion the proper solution can only be reached by the work of a Royal 

 Commission, as suggested at previous meetings of this Association. The 

 immense territory that we have under license, and the vast Crown Lands 

 that are still as nature gave them to us, never having been explored, will 

 yield to this country a large income, particularly through the pulp and paper 

 industry. 



In the Province of Quebec we have an area of 228,000,000 acres of land, 

 of which 130,000,000 are timbered. This does not include that portion of 

 the Province of Quebec known as the Ungava District, which is now con- 

 sidered as a portion of it. The Department of Crown Lands in our Province, 

 during the past year, has kept a closer surveillance over the cutting of the 

 wood and the collection of the dues without neglecting the protection of the 

 forest from fires and cutting contrary to the regulations. 



This reminds me that on a recent occasion a gentleman informed me 

 that certain people recommended the destruction of the forest by fire in order 

 to clear the land for settlers. I consider that it is a mistake to allow the 

 settler to clear his land by fire. This constitutes a great danger and is 

 responsible, as statistics will show, for the destruction of about 25 per cent. 



of our forested areas. 

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SALE OF TIMBER LIMITS. 



A decision has been reached by the Government of the Province of Que- 

 bec not to sell any more of its timber limits by auction. Great areas of our 

 timber lands have been sold at ridiculously low prices. The price of sales 

 has increased, but the present Government has decided not to sell any more 

 of these timber limits. Let us protect this source of national wealth for the 

 generations to come. In protecting the forests, as I have previously stated, 

 we protect not only the industries that are dependent upon it, directly or 

 indirectly, but at the same time we protect our fish and game. 



