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Canadian Forestry Journal, October, iqi6 



nite, regardless of the outcome of the 

 war. 



England. — The forests of England 

 and those of Scotland have been almost 

 entirely cut in an endeavor to secure 

 material needed at the front and for 

 building construction brought on by 

 the war. Lumber will have to be im- 

 ported for practically all future build- 

 ing until new forests grow to take the 

 place of this timber. 



Italy. — The supply of Italian timber 

 has been almost entirely used either in 

 Italy's war operations or exported for 

 the benefit of the allies. It is said 

 that great quantities of lumber are in 

 immediate demand. 



Spain. — Because of the geographical 

 situation Spain has been called upon to 

 supply lumber to the warring nations, 

 with the result that all marketable 

 timber has been cut. 



Germany. — So far it has been im- 

 possible to secure any estimate upon 

 the conditions of Germany's timber, 

 but it is known that it has. cut as much 

 timber as possible from the invaded 

 portions of France, Belgium and Rus- 

 sia, and has conserved home resources 

 as much as possible. However, it is 

 expected the demand from Germanv 

 for foreign lumber wil lalso be very 

 great. 



Russia. — The supply of standing 

 timber in Russia is very great, both in 

 the Baltic Provinces and in southern 

 Siberia, but owing to the lack of de- 

 velopment of the timbered sections and 

 poor transportation facilities the timber 

 wnll not be available to the Allies for 

 some time after peace is declared. 

 Much development work will have to 

 be done before Russia takes a dominat- 

 ing position in the lumber world. 



What Forest Fires Cost Canada in 1916 



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Canada has lost through forest fires 

 in 1916 fully seven to nine million dol- 

 lars. This equals more than six times 

 what has been spent on forest protec- 

 tion work from coast to coast. 



The enormous sum wasted through 

 this year's fires, most of which were 

 preventible, would add another $480 to 

 the first year's pension allowances of 

 nearly 19,000 Canadian soldiers. 



It is noteworthy that while some 

 parts of the Dominion owe to rainy 

 weather their immunity from fire 

 damage, the season's record proves be- 

 yond gainsay that in areas where fir^t 

 rate fire protection systems were -n 

 operation, losses of life and propety 

 were held down to a remarkable mni- 

 nium. 



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Strong Delegation to Meet Ontario Cabine 



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A deputation representing the lead- 

 ing commercial interests of Canada will 

 wait upon the Minister of Lands and 

 Forests of Ontario and his cabinet col- 

 leagues in November to urge their 

 views regarding the necessity for im- 

 mediate reorganization of the Ontario 

 system of forest protection. 



The deputation, which h--^ been or- 

 ganized by the Canadian Frestry As- 

 sociation, will include rejesentatives 

 of the Canadian Bankers'Association, 

 Canadian Manufacturers Association, 

 .Canadian Lumbermen' Association, 

 Canadian Press Associ'ion, Canadian 

 Mining Institute, CardJan pulp and: 



