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their existence, though unfortunately 

 the same reason deprives them of 

 the greater part of their usefuhiess. 

 The timber supply of Hainan Island 

 has hardly been touched yet; the in- 

 terior of the island abounds in valu- 

 able woods, but there is no means 

 of bringing- the logs to the coast. 

 The forest'belts of South-East Tibet 

 and AVestern Szechuan, and of the 

 interior of Fokien, can only be 

 turned to account where water com- 

 munication is handy, and as prac- 

 tically no effort is made to replace 

 the trees that are felled, the indica- 

 tions are that in process of time the 

 wooded area will be driven so far 

 back from the rivers that it will be 

 useless. There are, however, many 

 parts of China that are now abso- 

 lutely bare where timber could 

 profitably be grown, i.e., along very 

 large stretches of the Kwangtung 

 littoral, where the conditions are 

 identical Avith those of the New Ter- 

 ritor3^ Referring to these regions, 

 and particularly to the Hakka coun- 

 try, a Kew Bulletin says, "There 

 are few places in the world where 

 good coniferous timber will grow 

 more easily or more quickly than in 

 certain parts of South China." As 

 a matter of fact, pine plantations are 

 often seen in those sections, but the 

 trees rarely attain timber-producing 

 size, or even exceed five or six feet 

 in height. By the time they are big 

 enough for firewood, they suffer 

 from the depredations of the vil- 

 lagers on all sides : it is always found 

 necessary in China to have watch- 

 men to protect growing crops at 

 night, but for a plantation of trees, 

 the services of these men >vould not 

 be confined to the few days when 

 the crop was ripening, but would be 

 a standing expense until the trees 

 were ready to be thrown. In these 

 circumstances, it is no wonder that 

 hardly any Chinese show practical 

 enthusiasm for the afforestation of 

 their barren hillsides, and we fear 

 that in spite of the excellent example 

 Japan is setting her in Korea, the 

 development of China's potential re- 



sources in this respect will not be 

 the fruit of a well-laid design and 

 of concerted measures, but will be 

 evolved gradually pari passu with 

 the advance in other directions, 

 especially in the development of her 

 internal communications and in the 

 greater security of the rural districts. 



A Note to a Guide 



Dear Tom-o'-Woods, good day to 



you ! 

 I take a pen to say to you, 

 I'd like to run away to you — 



A city is a jail. 

 I loathe the walls that block us in, 

 The foolish rags they frock us in ; 

 I want to wear a moccasin 



And feel the mossv trail — 



To watch the forest shimmering, 

 The morning kettle simmering. 

 To know the flash and glimmering 



That dipping paddles make. 

 To taste the breath of June again. 

 To hear the calling loon again. 

 To see the mirrored moon again 



Within a dreaming lake. 



A brook's clear laugh is haunting 



me, 



\ squirrel's chirr is tauntmg me ; 

 i know the hills are wanting me— 



The hills I long to roam. 

 Then fill a pack or two for me— 

 Oh. anvthing will do for me— 

 And patch the old canoe for me ; 



Your bov is coming home. 

 —Arthur Guiterman. 



From a Firm of General Merchants 



Maple Creek, Sask. 



"We enclose renewal subscription 



for 1916. We know that you are 



doing a grand work and deserve 



much stronger support than you 



are receivmg. 



