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most important yearly gathering of timber owners in the United 

 States or Canada. At the meeting in Seattle last year one-third 

 of the standing timber of the United States was represented and 

 here were present over thirty men prominent in western Cana- 

 dian forest affairs. It is not a public meeting to discuss forestry 

 generalities nor is the time taken up by set papers. 



With the help of loggers, railroad officials and others in- 

 volved, the practical men who are actually doing the private, 

 state and government protective work describe and debate their 

 field methods and adjust their differences. 



One of the most interesting features at Vancouver will be a 

 frank debate between British Columbia lumbermen and govern- 

 ment over the merits and demerits of the province's forest policy 

 and methods. Other topics will be experiments in state co-opera- 

 tion and compulsory patrol ; logging camp rules and precautions ; 

 slash and right of way burning; forecasting hot dry winds ; supply, 

 report and payroll systems; lookout, map and signal systems; 

 forest telephone building; wireless auxiliaries, and railroad regu- 

 lation and co-operation. An unusual attraction will be an ex- 

 hibit of all devices and instruments used in American forest pro- 

 tection. 



Provision has been made by the Province of Nova Scotia for 

 the appointment of a Provincial Forester, and it is expected that 

 a man with technical training will be selected in the near future 

 to fill this position. This action is the result of recommenda- 

 tions made by Dr. B .E. Fernow in his report on the forest con- 

 ditions of Nova Scotia, published about a year ago. The ap- 

 pointment of such a man was also urged by the Commission of 

 Conservation at its annual meeting in January, 1913. The Pro- 

 vincial Forester will have general supervision over the work of 

 the fire rangers employed by the provincial government, as well 

 as conduct an educational campaign among private owners of 

 woodlands. He will also be able to render valuable service to 

 the Crown Lands Department in connection with the administra- 

 tion of the 1,417,000 acres of crown lands. The forests of Nova 

 Scotia are principally in private ownership, and to a very large 

 extent, in the form of small holdings and farmers' woodlots. 

 Only a small remnant of the forests of the province remain un- 

 alienated, a very large percentage of the Crown Lands consist- 



