. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Higher Present Revenues and Certainty of a Replenished Crop—New Brunswick's Experiment. The Crown timber lands of New Brunswick aggregate some 10,000 square miles, which bring in a direct annual revenue to the Govern- ment of around $500,000. Hitherto, the typical Canadian method of timber disposal has been followed—the license system. Specific areas were put up for license, usually for a twenty- year period, but renewable more or less in- definitely, subject to the payment of a fixed sum per square mile per year as groun
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Higher Present Revenues and Certainty of a Replenished Crop—New Brunswick's Experiment. The Crown timber lands of New Brunswick aggregate some 10,000 square miles, which bring in a direct annual revenue to the Govern- ment of around $500,000. Hitherto, the typical Canadian method of timber disposal has been followed—the license system. Specific areas were put up for license, usually for a twenty- year period, but renewable more or less in- definitely, subject to the payment of a fixed sum per square mile per year as ground rent, a fixed sum per thousand feet as stumpage, when the timber is cut, and a bonus in a lump sum, payable following the sale, determined by com- petitive bidding; a fire tax is also levied, amounting to one-half cent per acre per year, which is supplemented by a levy upon privately- owned forest lands and by an appropriation from the Government. The essential point is that the soil remains in the ownership of the province, only the right to cut the timber being disposed of, under restrictions which are subject to revision at the discretion of the Government. There is thus every opportunity for the enforced adoption of improved methods of cutting, as rapidly as changing economic conditions justify the promulgation of corresponding regulations by the Minister of Lands and Mines. The Timber Sale Plan. A recent development is the reversion to the Crown of some 400 square miles of land pre- viously held under license, because the licensees considered the lands to be so near exhaustion as not to justify the renewal of the licenses, with consequent obligation to pay the annual ground rental, bonus and fire tax, in addition to other charges. An examination by the forest service showed, however, that considerable amounts of timber still existed on some of these tracts, for which there was a strong local demand. It was first intended that these lands should again be put up for sa
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