. Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century : a treatise of history and development . hereon, shall be 76 NEWFOUNDLAND. entitled to an estate of homestead not exceeding twenty acres,and each homestead shall be exempt from attachment, levy, orexecution sale for the payment of debts or other purposes. There is also a law called the «Paper Pulp Act,» underwhich licenses are granted to cut timber for the purpose ofmanufacturing paper or paper pulp. The materials for suchan industry are almost inexhaustible, while the demand for itis extending rapidly. The forest wealth of the island is ver
. Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century : a treatise of history and development . hereon, shall be 76 NEWFOUNDLAND. entitled to an estate of homestead not exceeding twenty acres,and each homestead shall be exempt from attachment, levy, orexecution sale for the payment of debts or other purposes. There is also a law called the «Paper Pulp Act,» underwhich licenses are granted to cut timber for the purpose ofmanufacturing paper or paper pulp. The materials for suchan industry are almost inexhaustible, while the demand for itis extending rapidly. The forest wealth of the island is very considerable,though much of it has been injured by fire. The forests arechiefly in the valleys traversed by the larger rivers and aroundthe heads of the bays. The principal varieties of the indigen-ous forest growths are white pine, white and black spruce,tamarack or larch, fir, yellow and white birch. The yellowbirch which is abundant around Bay St. George, is said to beequal in durability to the English Oak, and with the sprucesand larches, is well fitted for ship building Glimpse of Railway near Bay of Islands. NEWFOUNDLAND. 77 The principal lumbering districts are the Gander, Gumboand Exploits valleys; and on the west coast the Humbervalley and St. Georges Bay. The lumber trade alreadydeveloped along the new line of railway furnishes ample proofof the forest resources of the country.
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