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Canadian Forestry Journal, April, 1915. 



Maurice and Lower Ottawa Associa- 

 tions are fully prepared for the open- 

 ing of the danger season. 



WAR TAX ON LETTERS. 



In the March issue of the Canadian 

 Forestry Journal, owing to an over- 

 sight, it was not stated that the article 

 by Mr. R. H. Campbell, Dominion 

 Director of Forestry, on "The Rela- 

 tion of Forestry to the Development 

 of the Country" first appeared in 

 the ^ycstcrn Lumberman, Winnipeg, 

 which journal also kindly loaned the 

 cuts with which the article was illus- 

 trated. 



THE NEW SECRETARY. 



At the Annual • Meeting of the 

 Canadian Forestry Association on 

 Jan.«19 a special committee was ap- 

 pointed to deal Avith the matter of 

 securing a new secretary to take the 

 place of Mr. Lawler who, after near- 

 ly six years' service, resigned at that 

 liieeting. The committee, which was 

 composed of Mr. Denis Murphy, 

 chairman; Mr. R. H. Campbell, Mr. 

 Gordon C. Edwards, Mr. A. S. Good- 

 eve and Mr. Clyde Leavitt, went 

 carefully to work and as a result, 

 with the sanction of the Board of 

 Directors, Mr. Robson Black of To- 

 ronto was selected and begins his 

 new duties on April 15. This will 

 therefore be the last number of the 

 Canadian Forestry Journal issued be- 

 fore Mr. Black takes over the work. 



Mr. Black has been engaged in 

 newspaper and magazine work and in 

 various forms of publicity and organ- 

 izing. He is in touch with a large 

 number of the public men of Canada 

 and comes to the Association with a 

 successful record and with strong 

 reconnnendations. While it will prob- 

 ably not be possible to hold a conven- 

 tion for some time Mr. Black will have 

 plenty to do in other fields of work 

 and we bespeak for him the same 

 steady support which was accorded by 

 members to his predecessor. 



A war tax of one cent has been imposetl 

 on each letter and postcard mailed in 

 Canada for delivery in Canada, the United 

 States or Mexico, and on each letter mailed 

 in Canada for delivery in the XJnited King- 

 dom and British Possessions generally, 

 and wherever the two cent rate applies. 

 This became effective on April 15, 1915. 



This war tax is to be prepaid by the 

 senders by means of a war stamp for sale 

 l^y postmasters and other postage stamp 

 vendors. 



Wherever possible, stamps on which the 

 words "War Tax" have been printed 

 should be used for prepayment of the war 

 tax, but should ordinary postage stamps 

 be used for this purpose, they will be ac- 

 cepted. 



This war stamp or additional stamp for 

 war purposes should be affixed to the 

 upper right hand portion of the address 

 side of the envelope or postcard, close to 

 the regular postage so that it may be 

 readily cancelled at the same time as the 

 postage. 



In the event of failure on the part of 

 the sender through oversight or negligence 

 to prepav the war tax on each letter or 

 postcard "above specified, such a letter or 

 postcard Avill be sent immediately to the 

 nearest Branch Dead Letter Office. 



REFORESTATION IN SIMCOE COUNTY 



Wm. J. Holden, Collingwood, has just 

 finished planting an extensive plot of trees 

 to demonstrate the possibility of reforesta- 

 tion in Simcoe Counyt. The area planted 

 includes six acres of land along the bank 

 of the Pretty river, and required Ib^UU 

 trees. The trees were supplied by the Pro- 

 vincial Forestry Department, in charge ot 

 Prof. E. J. Zavitz, and planting operations 

 were directed by J. Laughland, District Rep- 

 resentative of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture for Simcoe County. The varieties plant- 

 e<l included: Scotch pine, white pme, cedar, 

 l)lack walnut, Imtternut, chestnut, black 

 locust, white ash, white maple, and elm 

 The trees were, carefully planted, four feet 

 apart each way. 



In every part of the province there is 

 much waste land of little value along 

 streams and rough hillsides or sandy plains, 

 and which will remain in the future as it has 

 in the past in this worthless state unless 

 trees are planted on it. Anyone with an 

 acre or two of waste land on their farm 

 cannot do better than plant trees on it.— 

 Farmers' Advocate. 



