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recent act signed by the Governor on July 12, will carry on the 

 work formerly handled by the Forest, Fish and Game Commis- 

 sion, the State Forest Land Purchasing Board, the State Water 

 Supply Commission, and the Black River Water Power Commis- 

 sion. The three members of the Commission are each to receive 

 a salary of $10,000 per year, under appointment from the Gov- 

 ernor for a tenn of six years. The Commission is to appoint 

 three deputies and a secretary, each at $3,500 per year, and a 

 chief engineer and a counsel each at a salary of $7,500 per annum. 

 The members appointed are : Hon. George E. Van Kennen, 

 Chairman, ex-Mayor of Ogdensburg, New York ; James W. 

 Fleming, of Troy, a successful business man ; and John D. 

 Moore, of New York City, a hydraulic engineer. 



The law provides for the establishment of divisions under the 

 Conservation Commission to cover Lands and Forestry, Fish and 

 Game, and Inland Waters. The first division wll not only have 

 the care and administration of the State Forest Preserves, but 

 also of other lands owned by the State. The forestry work is 

 to be developed to the fullest extent and an effort made to estab- 

 lish the principles of forestry in the handling of woodlands on 

 both State and private property. The work of the second divi- 

 sion will include the propagation of fish, the protection of game, 

 and the enforcement of all fish and game laws. The third divi- 

 sion. Inland Waters, comprises not only the maintenance of 

 proper water supplies, but the development of water power and 

 the drainage of woodlands. 



At the meeting of the Board of Directors of the American 

 Forestry Association at Bretton Woods, N. H., August 2-3, Hon. 

 Robert P. Bass, Governor of New Hampshire, was elected Presi- 

 dent of the Association to succeed Hon. Curtis Guild, whose 

 resignation followed his appointment as Ambassador to Russia. 



A very interesting forest conference was held at Bretton 

 Woods, N. H., on August 3, under the auspices of the Society 

 for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. The program, 

 however, was not liniited to the New England Society, but in- 

 cluded several members of the U. S. Forest Service, the U. S. 

 Conservation Commission, the New Hampshire Timberland 

 Owners' Association, Directors of the American Forestry Asso- 



