CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 55 



Per annum. 



Average cut from 1867 to 1908 578,000,000 



Average cut from 1896 to end of 1907 673,000,000 



Average cut for last two years, 1907-08 710,000,000 



Estimated quantity on licensed lands, still standing 7,000,000,000 



Timber still standing on unlicensed lans : Red and white pine, 

 13,500,000,000 ft.; pulpwood on unlicensed territory, 300,000,000 cords, 

 about 15% of which, or twenty-two and a half billions, will probably be suit- 

 able for saw log timber. 



Value of timber on licensed lands, 7,000,000,000 ft., at an aver- 

 age of 11.50 per thousand 110,000,000 



13,500,000,000 ft. of pine on unlicensed territory at an average 



of $10 135,000,000 



Spruce logs, pulpwood, tie timber, etc 225.iOOO,000 



1370,000,000 



FIRE RANGING LAST YEAR. 



Men. Cost. 



Number of men on licensed territory 376 $ 46,621 45 



Rangers on railways 147 53,235 71 



Rangers on Forest Reserves Ill 45,805 18 



On Crown Lands 58 17,398 50 



Proportion paid by licensees - 46,621 45 



Total expended for forest protection 692 $209,682 29 



Mr. WHITE : In closing, I would say that I do not think we can be accused 

 of neglecting our duty in protecting the great forests of the north. (Ap- 

 plause.) 



THE PRESIDENT : If any person wishes to ask questions or discuss the 

 paper, an opportunity will now be given him to do so. 



Mr. WILLIAM LITTLE : I would like to ask Mr. White what proportion 

 of this pine about twenty and a half billions of different kinds of pine is 

 white pine? 



Mr. WHITE : All I can say is that we have had no estimate made dis- 

 tinguishing the white pine from the red ; but, knowing the territory in which 

 the pine grows, and having some knowledge of it, I am in a position to say 

 that in my opinion a great proportion of it is white pine. I should say two- 

 thirds. 



Mr. LITTLE : Is the annual cut much in -excess of the annual increment 

 of growth? 



Mr. WHITE : The increment of growth is an ideal and a theoretical 

 question, and I have never yet undertaken to say anything about it. I set 

 off the destruction caused by fire against this increment. 



