Departmental Committee on Highways. 113, 



that the meat shall be submitted for inspection in pieces not 

 smaller than half carcases. In the case of beef, veal, and pork, 

 certain specified parts must always accompany the meat and 

 be submitted for inspection in their natural condition ; but in 

 the case of mutton, it is only necessary to submit the organs 

 and parts in such cases and in so far as the Inspector shall 

 direct. The regulations also enumerate the circumstances in 

 which the Inspectors may, as well as those in which they must, 

 refuse to pass the meat. 



The necessity of the preservation, development and economi- 

 cal management of the timber lands in Maine is now being fully 

 recognised by the inhabitants of that State. 



Timber Resources Q f the 31,500 square miles in the State 

 of Maine. ^ 0 J 



some 21,000 square miles consist of forest,, 



of which 9,471,050 acres are taxed as wholly wild land, while it 

 is estimated that the total area of lumber-producing land is from 

 11 to 12 million acres. A superficial survey made by the 

 authorities indicates that there are standing, roughly, 21 billion 

 feet of spruce, in addition to other varieties of timber, with an 

 annual growth which is considered capable of yielding 637 

 million feet of spruce timber each year without depleting the 

 supply. Much of the lumber is being used for the manufacture 

 of pulp and paper. A large proportion of the lumber wealth of 

 the State is derived from the white birch forests, from which 

 upwards of 35 million feet are taken annually. 



[Foreign Office Reports, Annual Series, No, 2,967.] 



The Local Government Board have appointed a Departmental 1 

 Committee to inquire into the general condition and sufficiency 

 of the roads of England and Wales, and to 

 Departmental report whether any, and, if so, what, amend- 

 Committee on ment of the law re i a ting to these matters 

 Hig-hways. ... 



or its administration is desirable in view of 



the various purposes for which the roads now are or shortly may 



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