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what plans her statesmen provide. 

 1902 The State forests comprise only 129,000 acres; private forests 

 from seven to ten million acres (?) 



Over Y2 million acres require afforestation urgently. 

 Forest school at Vallombrosa. 



RUSSIA. 



1888 All private forests must be v^rorked according to conservative 

 working plans approved by government. Private forests of 

 protective character may be declared "forest reserves". 



Seeds and plants can be secured from governmental establish- 

 ments. 



1902 Enormous forest area. In European Russia, 516 million acres, 

 60% of which are Crown forest; in Siberia, 1,250 million acres 

 amongst which 725 million acres of Crown forest are surveyed. 

 Forests are considerably underworked, owing to lack of rail- 

 roads. After Mayr, growing stock in Western Russia lacks 

 60%, in Central Russia 30 per cent, from being normal. 



Forestry schools at St. Petersburg and at New Alexandria 

 supply the required forestal staff. 



CANADA. 



1849 The first Crown timber act (about timber licenses). 



1870 Quebec law respecting clearing of land and protection of for- 

 ests from fire. 



1878 Ontario law authorizing the Lieutenant Governor to create for- 

 est fire districts, by proclamation. 



1883 Quebec forest reserve act, authorizing the Lieutenant Gover- 

 nor to set aside absolute forest land then under timber license 

 as forest reserves. 



(Repealed in 1888 and 1889). 



1883 Ontario establishes a Bureau of Forestry, headed by a Clerk 

 of Forestry, in the Department of Agriculture. 



188s Ontario creates system of fire rangers on timber limits; at com- 

 mon expense of limit holder and Government. (Aubrey White, 

 Chief clerk of the Woods and Forest Branch of the Crown 

 Lands Department). 



1893 Algonquin National Park of 1,110,000 acres set aside in Ontario 

 (tract is under timber license). 



189s Ontario Bureau of- Forestry transferred to Department of 

 Crown lands (Thomas Sauthworth, Director of Forestry). 



1896 British Columbia Act relative to forest fire districts. 



1897 Report of Ontario Forest Commission. 



1898 Ontario Forest Reserve Act, resulting in the creation of the 

 Eastern Forest Reserve (80,000 acres) and the Sibley For- 

 est Reserve (45,000 acres), which contain second growth timber, 

 and the Temagami Forest Reserve (1,408,00 acres). 



1899 Appointment of E. Stewart as "Chief Inspector of Timber and 



