Schlich's Manual of forestry . lustrate this remark, attention is invited to the appendedfive illustrations, prepared from photographs which weretaken about two years ago by Mr. Milward, an Indianforest officer, on his way home from India. They explainthemselves. It is of the utmost importance, not only for Canada but forthe Empire generally, that the Canadian forests should, atan early date, be taken under systematic management. TheGovernments of the several provinces must make up theirminds to select and demarcate a sufficient proportion of the areaas permanent State forests and bring them u
Schlich's Manual of forestry . lustrate this remark, attention is invited to the appendedfive illustrations, prepared from photographs which weretaken about two years ago by Mr. Milward, an Indianforest officer, on his way home from India. They explainthemselves. It is of the utmost importance, not only for Canada but forthe Empire generally, that the Canadian forests should, atan early date, be taken under systematic management. TheGovernments of the several provinces must make up theirminds to select and demarcate a sufficient proportion of the areaas permanent State forests and bring them under completecontrol and a rational and systematic management. Thereare large areas to choose from, so that no difficulties are likelyto present themselves in selecting out of the one and a quartermillion square miles, say, 150,000 square miles to be reserved,leaving more than one million square miles for unrestrictedlumbering and extension of cultivation. The annual revenuefrom the forests in the immediate past has been about. A Douglas Forest in British the Lumbermen had commenced work. (From a photograpii by K. C. Milward, ) U„/„r.„„J,
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