APPENDIX B. LVII 
XXIII—From The Canadian Forestry Association, through 
Mr. E. Stewart, Secretary of the Association. 
On behalf of the Canadian Forestry Association, I have the honour 
to present the following report for the past year. 
It may here be stated that the inauguration of this Association 
dates only from the 7th of February, 1900, a little over a year ago. A 
report of this inauguration meeting was published in pamphlet form a 
year ago, and the report of the second annual meeting held on the 8th 
of March last is now in the hands of the printers and will shortly be 
issued. This report will show that the success of the Association. fully 
justifies the opinion entertained by its promoters that forestry in its 
various branches is a subject of lively interest to a comparatively large 
section of the Canadian people. 
The number of members on the 8th of last March stood at 248, five 
being life members. The membership is divided as follows as regards 
the provinces and districts: Prince Edward Island, 2; Nova Scotia, 5; 
New Brunswick, 6; Quebec, 20; Ontario, 89; Manitoba, 56; Assiniboia, 
?; Athabasca, 1; Saskatchewan, 2; Alberta, 43; British Columbia, 11; 
Yukon, 1; United States, 5. These numbers have been considerably 
increased since the date mentioned. 
The primary objects of the Association as set out in its constitution 
are: 
(1) To advocate and encourage judicious methods in dealing with 
our forests and woodlands. 
(2) To awaken public interest to the sad results attending the 
wholesale destruction of forests (as shown by the experience of older 
countries) in the deterioration of the climate, diminution of fertility, 
drying up of rivers and streams, etc., etc. 
(3) To consider and recommend the exploration, as far as practic- 
able, of our public domain and its division into agricultural, timber and 
mineral lands, with a view of directing immigration and the pursuits 
of our pioneers into channels best suited to advance their interests and 
the public welfare. With this accomplished, a portion of the unappro- 
priated lands of the country could be permanently reserved for the 
growth of timber. 
(4) To encourage afforestation wherever advisable, and to promote 
forest tree planting, especially in the treeless areas of our north-western 
prairies; upon farm lands where the proportion of woodland is too low, 
and upon highways and in the parks of our villages, towns and cities. 
(5) To collect and disseminate, for the benefit of the public, reports 
and information bearing on the forestry problem in general, and especi- 
