. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. \ FOREST TELEPHONES. Make the life of the forester better worth living. They relieve him from J!" the appalling loneliness. They help '"'-i—;-^ him to keep in human voice touch with >" foresters miles away. In emergencies—fire—sickness—hunger —the speed with which they can sum- mon help is marvellous. Write for full particulars of how to install the Northern Electric Forest Telephone System. Address the Office nearest you. Horth(?rr/ Ehctn'c Comparry -Northern - Electric ^Forest-TeUphonos* BRITISH COLUMB
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. \ FOREST TELEPHONES. Make the life of the forester better worth living. They relieve him from J!" the appalling loneliness. They help '"'-i—;-^ him to keep in human voice touch with >" foresters miles away. In emergencies—fire—sickness—hunger —the speed with which they can sum- mon help is marvellous. Write for full particulars of how to install the Northern Electric Forest Telephone System. Address the Office nearest you. Horth(?rr/ Ehctn'c Comparry -Northern - Electric ^Forest-TeUphonos* BRITISH COLUMBIA'S TIMBER WEALTH Enormous Stands Available, but Forest Fires Have Taken 665 Billion Feet The recently published report of the Com- Tiission of Conservation on the forests of Brit- ish Columbia by Roland D. Craig, , and H. N. Wliitford, , IS a comprehensive work, veil illustrated with maps and photographs. Through the co-operation of the Provincial and )ommion Governments, the timber owners, the anadian Pacific railway and other interests, he authors secured very complete data on which o base the estimates. The provmce was divided nto 66 districts, for which separate estimates f the stand were compiled. The forest resources of the province are esti- lated to be approximately 350 billion feet saw- laterial with an additional 16 billion feel suit- '|ble only for pulp. In addition to the estimate of the stand, the report describes the effects of the climate, soil and topography on the forests, and outlines the various systems of tenure under which the forest resources have been alienated. Interesting chapters are devoted to the descrip- tion and distribution of the various species of trees and to the injuries done by insects. The total land area of the province is 355,855 square miles, of which approximately 200,000 square miles is incapable of producing forests of commercial value. .About 145,000 square miles lie above the merchantable timber-line, and on 55,0
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