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where fire can be prevented from occurring periodically, the land 

 will be soon clothed with some kind of forest growth, generally 

 birch and aspen, into which plants of more desirable species, in 

 openings made artificially or naturally, may be introduced. 



At the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conser- 

 vation of Canada, held at Ottawa January 21st and 22nd, the 

 report of the Committee on Forests was approved, containing 

 recommendations with regard to the following points; Approv- 

 ing the plan of co-operation in effect between the Board of 

 Railway Commissioners and the Dominion and Provincial Gov- 

 ernments for the enforcement of the fire regulations of the 

 Board ; urging the establishment oif a fire-protective service 

 along the Intercolonial and National Transcontinental Railways 

 similar to that provided for in the fire regulations of the Railway 

 Commission ; urging the Governments of New Brunswick and 

 Nova Scotia to organize separate branches devoted especially to 

 forest fire work and to establish technically educated provincial 

 foresters as has been done in British Columbia, Ontario and 

 Quebec; calling attention to the necessity of considering the re- 

 quirement of brush disposal in the issuance of new licenses and 

 the renewal of old licenses by Dominion and Provincial Gov- 

 ernments; approving the organization of co-operative associa- 

 tions of limit holders and the principle of contribution by the 

 Dominion of Provincial Government in proportion to the bene- 

 fits received; urging the Dominion and Provincial Governments 

 to begin a systematic study of the extent and character of the 

 fore,st resources; emphasizing the necessity for the collection of 

 complete fire statistics ; approving co-operation with the Govern- 

 ment of Ontario in an examination of forest conditions west of 

 Sudbury and south of the Clay Belt ; approving the proposed ex- 

 tension of the Dominion Forest Reserves and the estabhshment 

 of a game preserve in the southern portion of the Rocky IMoun- 

 tain Forest Reserve and in southeastern British Columbia ad- 

 joining the Glacier National Park ; urging that all appointments 

 in the forest services of the Dominion and Provincial Govern- 

 ments should be based solely on capability and experience; urg- 

 ing the Government of Ontario to undertake a systematic classi- 

 fication in the Clay Belt in advance of settlement to the end that 



