shipped. A sawmill is located at Buckley Bay. The Powell River and Ocean Falls Pulp Companies have extensive holdings on the islands and logging is carried on continuously in cutting for the mills. The suitability of Graham Island for agriculture has been much discussed. Opinions differ. Some say there are great possibilities; others the con- trary. here is one thing certain, however: that at various points on Graham Island agriculture in many branches, especially raising of fruit and vege- tables and stock, can be carried on with much success. Some settlers produce almost all they need in way of food and require only a few staple lines that would be necessary anywhere. It is also pos- sible to produce for the market in good quantity. Graham Island Farmers’ Institute has about fifty members. So far there has been little serious farm- ing on any scale. Here and there, mostly along the coast and inlets, are small patches of clearings, and some individual settlers have produced prize vege- tables and small fruits. Some who have spent several years on the islands have productive little mixed farms, whose success indicates that the pro- ductivity of the islands is beyond dispute. Most of the agricultural development is near the coast. When the timber is cleared and swampy areas drained and aerated there will be a great area available for farming purposes. That good produce can be grown is evidenced by the continued successes of Lawn Hill District at Prince Rupert Exhibition in competition with many northern districts. East of a line drawn from Skidegate to Jalun River are about 500,000 acres of wet, mossy, partly open country, the bulk of which can be drained and pre- pared for cultivation at average cost of about $150 an acre. Much consists of bog-moss, 6 inches to over 8 feet deep, overlying half-made peat, under which is in some parts sand, in others gravelly clay, and more rarely hard-pan. Where reclaimed by drainage and aeration these lands, when cultivated, have produced good crops. The western part, and near the shore, belting stream-ways and side-hills, grows heavy timber, chiefly spruce, hemlock, and cedar, and many low ridges grow second growth. Underbrush is generally thick. Although there are no wide stretches of open country, there are, not only in the north-eastern lowland, but also in the central basin, fairly extensive swampy areas, or muskeg, which support coarse grasses, mosses, or broad-leafed plants, but have only stunted and scattered scrub timber. In places muskeg occurs on fairly steep slopes, probably accounted for by 4