. Canadian forest industries January-June 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 29 The imports of news print paper from the United States to the value of $1-16,233, shown above, represented 7,202,753 lbs. Planks and boards imported from the United States free of duty during the fiscal year ending March 31st, 1912, and preceding vears were valued as follows:— 1912 1911 1910 1909 Planks and boards, duty- free $4,984,733 $3,500,066 $1,852,542 $1,107,180 Quantity of above in M. ft. 378,202 193,523 85,053 A
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 29 The imports of news print paper from the United States to the value of $1-16,233, shown above, represented 7,202,753 lbs. Planks and boards imported from the United States free of duty during the fiscal year ending March 31st, 1912, and preceding vears were valued as follows:— 1912 1911 1910 1909 Planks and boards, duty- free $4,984,733 $3,500,066 $1,852,542 $1,107,180 Quantity of above in M. ft. 378,202 193,523 85,053 Average value of above per M. ft $ $ $ British Columbia's New Chief Forester H. R. MacMillan. Mr. H. R. MacMillan, who has been in charge of the statistical work for the Forestry Branch of the Department of the Interior at Ottawa, has been appointed Chief Forester for the Province of Brit- ish Columbia. Mr. MacMillan is the foremost Canadian forester of the present day who is in govern- mental employ. He is an Ontario man by birth and a graduate of the Ontario Agricultural College. He received his training in for- estry at Yale University Forest School, under Professor H. S. Graves, now Chief of the United States Forest Service. In the opinion of Mr. Graves, Mr. Mac- Millan is one of the most brilliant students in forestry ever turned out by the Yale Forestry School. It was largely upon the recom- mendation of Mr. Graves that the Hon. \Y. R. Ross, Minister of Lands and Forests for British Columbia, selected Mr. MacMillan for the important position of Chief Forester for the province. Since his graduation Mr. MacMillan has been employed for eight years by the Forestry Branch of the Department of the Interior, and has estab- lished a remarkable reputation for ability, energy and administrative capacity. He had charge of the first forest survey party in Canada and started the survey of the Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve. He also inaugurated the collection of statisti
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