Wood becoming scarce.

Lot 24.

’Second—gro wth ’ map/e is hard to clear.

708 acres of wilderness land.

Afton Road, Lot 36.

Johnstons River, Lot 36.

description. The wood is considered to be worth E3 or £4 an acre. The wood is valuable because it is becoming scarce. [pp. 529-30]

Henry J. Cundall (trustee for the Douse estate) :

I know the block of 62 acres. It fronts on the Colville Road and adjoins the Colville Road Station. I should say that this piece should be worth £6 an acre, the way that land is selling out there. It is the only block of wood land that I know of so near the town, and it is valuable on that account.

Cross—examined: I think it is a mixture of hard and soft wood along the road. [p. 530]

George Larter :

I know the 62 acres well. It is a very good sample of wood. I sold wood from land about 30 chains from it. I sold about 4 acres of wood and realized about £22 I think. I cut it into small lots and sold it to suit the people.

Cross-examined: It was principally scantling, shingle wood and longers. | reserved soft wood trees— 1 2 or 13 trees in the whole I think. [pp. 531-32]

The Winsloe estate of William Cundall [2,844 acres on Lot 24].

Joseph Doucette, Lot 24 :

What fronts the river—the north end of the Lot [.7 the Hunter River]—is second growth of spruce and very light soil. The part that we were on was all grown with second growth of maple. The wood is worthless and makes the land very hard to clear. There are several swamps on the north part of the Lot. l have paid $20 an acre for clearing, and have some not yet cleared which no one would clear at less than $40. It is covered with young maples. [p. 535]

William Douse estate [809 acres on Lot 31].

Henry J. Cundall (trustee for the Douse estate) : There is a very valuable piece of wilderness land on [the] estate 108 acres of wilderness. [p. 539]

Robert Harris (surveyor) : l have surveyed this land. l have seen no better wilderness land anywhere than the 1081/2 acres. The land is not burned over. It might have been chopped into a little,

but not to any extent. The 108 acres are between the South Wiltshire Road, and the rear line of the farms on the North Wiltshire Road. There is no swamp there. There is a clear brook running through it. [p. 540]

William C. McDonald estate [10,315 acres on Lots 35 and 36].

Alexander McLean (agent for the estate) :

The vacant land on the Afton Road runs nearly five miles along. It is not quite a mile back. There is wood of some sort up to the road. It is spruce and longers near the road. The most that is near the road is taken off. The land on the road is good. There is no wood near the road except some scrubby spruce and some little wood. There is wood growing on the vacant land at Johnston's River—it is juniper. The land is light. It appears to have been burned at some time; there is small juniper on it now. [p. 5571

Owen Curtis (surveyor) :

I made a general survey of the property first about 16 years ago. The vacant land was fairly average quality. At the time I made the survey it was well wooded. The low lands were spruce then, and there was a considerable ridge of birch. There were fine trees of spruce. There was none of the primitive forest—it was second growth. There were some swamps on the vacant land, but I cannot say their area. The

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