128 COMMISSION OF CONSERVATION 



I believe anything that can be done to perpetuate the supply of timber 

 in this section of the country, as in many others, would be desirable. 

 Most of all, we deplore to see the pine timber being depleted. Twenty- 

 five or thirty years ago, this township was well timbered with this 

 species, which long since have been cut down and taken away, with the 

 result that scarce a seedling can be fovmd. True it is, many places are 

 fairly well supplied with trees of the above species, ranging probably 

 from fifteen to thirty years old, but where must a crop to follow these 

 come from, without the adult tree to supply cones ? 



I think it would be wise if some measure were adopted whereby 

 at least one adult tree would be preserved on every him.dred acres of 

 land. This, with more strict enforcing of the laws relating^ to forest 

 fires, woidd, in my opinion, be a great benefit to our country. 



Northumberland and Durham Counties 



I am in receipt of a communication from your office of the ist 

 instant, file number 33532, with regard to an estimate of the non- 

 agricultural lands in the counties of Northumberland and Durham. 

 I may say, that, so far as I can teU, there are about 40 square miles in 

 Durham and about 25 square miles in Northumberland of non-agri- 

 cultural lands. 



With regard to the advisability of establishing forestry reserves 

 on these lands, I consider it a most excellent thing, as these lands at the 

 present time are of almost no use whatever, and we had thought of 

 commencing some reforestation work in connection with this office, in 

 the coming year. 



UxBRiDGE Township, Ontario County 



In reply to your enquiry of Dec. ist, I beg to say that practically 

 all of the non-agricultural land in this cotmty is in the township of Ux- 

 bridge, and, so far as I can find out, the extent is about 2,000 acres- 

 It would most certainly be in the interests of this section, to establish 

 a permanent forest reserve. Not only its own value, but the value 

 of adjoining lands wotdd be materially enhanced. 



Asphodel Township, Peterborough County 



In the township of Aspodel, there is a steep gravelly ridge which 

 runs from north-east to south-east across the whole township. It 

 should never have been cleared, and would be far better reforested. 

 Some evergreens brought from Guelph and planted last year appear 

 to be doiag well. There will be about 5 per cent of the township 

 lands unfit for agriculture. It would certainly be wise to have these 

 lands reforested, but the difficulty is that it is nearly all private property, 

 and the trouble would be in protecting the young trees from cattle, 

 especially with such trees as maple, basswood and such like, all of 

 which grow well when protected. 



Leeds and Lansdowne Front Township, Leeds County 



I beg leave to report that I have examined the assessment returns 

 made by the assessors for this mtmicipality, and find that the number 



