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clear that his department during his 

 term of office has allowed no lots to 

 be sold in Boyer and Campbell in 

 sections which the Department re- 

 cords mark as "non-agricultural." 

 By an oversight, the name of Ro- 

 bertson township was not used in 

 the article although much of the 

 description was based upon that 

 area, particularly upon the lots 

 bordering the Devlin Road between 

 Mont Laurier and Maniwaki. 



Apparently, the words : 'for some 

 reason abuses beyond all common 

 sense are allowed in the township of 

 Boyer year after year' was read by 

 Hon. Mr. Allard as meaning a per- 

 petuation of the fake settlers by 

 cognizance of the Department. 

 A\"hat the sentence wished to imply 

 was that no matter in whose admin- 

 istration the fake settler had been 

 admitted to non-agricultural lands, 

 he should be ousted as quickly as 

 possible and without consideration 

 for his protests. 



"I have before me," says the Min- 

 ister," a list of lots sold within the 

 last three years in Boyer and I find 

 that there are only sixteen, three 

 during 1913, 11 during 1914 and 

 two during 1915, and all these lots 

 with the exception of lots 36 and 37, 

 3rd range, sold during 1913, are 



situated in a colonization reserve 

 created about twelve years ago, af- 

 ter an inspection had been made of 

 the land bordering the Gouin road. 

 Lots 36 and 37, 3rd range, sold dur- 

 ing 1913, although not comprised in 

 a colonization reserve are situated 

 only about one mile from the road 

 leading to Rapide de TOrignal, a dis- 

 tance of about three miles from said 

 place. 



"Ever since I assumed the direc- 

 tion of the Department of Lands 

 and Forests (1909), all my efforts 

 have been directed with a view to 

 suppress this fake settler evil, which 

 not only exists in the Province of 

 Quebec but in all the other Pro- 

 vinces of the Dominion and even in 

 the United States. Thanks to our 

 organization, which is composed of 

 licensed forestry engineers, we may 

 congratulate ourselves that if we 

 have not completely suppressed the 

 evil complained of, we have at least 

 reduced it to a very considerable ex- 

 tent and with more success than in 

 any of the other provinces." 



"The above remarks," adds the 

 Minister, "apply also to Township 

 Campbell where we have sold 4 lots 

 during 1913, 9 during 1914 and 1 

 during 1915." 



READING CAMP ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



During the past month the Secre- 

 tary of the Canadian Forestry Asso- 

 ciation arranged with the Reading 

 Camp Association, of which Rev. 

 Alfred Fitzpatrick is superintendent 

 of camp education, for the distribu- 

 tion of from thirty to fifty copies of 

 the Canadian Forestry Journal each 

 month in the reading tents main- 

 tained by that body. Other litera- 

 ture on forest questions of a helpful, 

 educative kind will be supplied the 

 Reading Camp Association as it is 

 issued. 



Mr. Roy L. Campbell has resigned 

 the editorship of "The Pulp and 

 Paper Magazine" of Canada to be- 

 come Secretary of the Canadian Pulp 

 and Paper Association. 



British Columbia Rangers M. V. 

 Allen and F. B. Edwards, of the 

 Canadian Mounted Rifles, are at 

 Shorncliffe. 



"The question of the protection of 

 our forests from fire is first of all a 

 question of morals ; to burn useful 

 material without any reason for 

 burning is immoral." — Dr. Fernow. 



