. Canadian forest industries July-December 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. A Quebec Lumber Camp his declaration in the book as to the amount of timber cut and the scaler makes a similar declaration. A margin of five per cent, is allow- ed for variations in the estimate of the two different parties. If the variation is greater than five per cent, the Forest Service looks into the matter more cl&sely. The work of trie forest rangers is checked by forest agents. Each forest agent is in charge of from three to ten rangers, and
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1912. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. A Quebec Lumber Camp his declaration in the book as to the amount of timber cut and the scaler makes a similar declaration. A margin of five per cent, is allow- ed for variations in the estimate of the two different parties. If the variation is greater than five per cent, the Forest Service looks into the matter more cl&sely. The work of trie forest rangers is checked by forest agents. Each forest agent is in charge of from three to ten rangers, and is supposed to visit each of them and to see that their work and other reports are properly attended to. In addition to the above, the department em- ploy a staff of expert scalers whose work takes them from one end of the province to the other. Last year the Service had in its employ ten inspectors, nine expert scalers, fifteen forest agents, fifteen students, and fifty-four forest rangers. An important part of the Forest Service is now connected with the township forest reserves, which were recently established. There are seven of these, aggregating 120,000 acres. The object of these reserves is to furnish timber to the farmers upon payment of stump- age dues. Checking up the Lumbermen's Reports Lumbermen are required to furnish their detailed reports of their operations to the Forest Service before the 30th of June each year. These reports cover all their operations on timber limits and upon. all other lands. '1 he rep< rts are sent in to the timber agent, whose duty it is to prepare the account for stumpage, etc. The agent's account is then submitted to the Forest Service for revision. It is in this manner checked up accordin to the reports of the Forest Service. The Service has thus been able to put a stop to the stories that used to prevail, regarding alleged arrangements between timber owners and the agents of the Forest Branch. The Forest Service now be- lieves that
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