CXVI ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



The work of the Association is apparent in the increased interest 

 shown not only by the public, as evidenced by the attention given 

 to forestry by the press of the country but by direct legislation for 

 the better preservation of our natural forests. The directors recognize 

 that they are dealing with a subject of vast importance to Canada and 

 they look with confidence to the future for greater attention and 

 assistance on the part of the people in their work. 



In the last report reference is made to the setting aside of certain 

 areas as timber reserves in the Railway Belt in British Columbia. 

 These consist of the Long Lake Reserve southwest of Kamloops, and 

 the Yoho Park in the Rocky Mountains. Tne Rocky Mountains Park 

 has also been greatly enlarged and now embraces an area of about 

 £,880,000 acres and includes the whole of the upper valley of the Bow 

 River. Reference is made to the good work resulting from the em- 

 ployment of forest fire guardians as shown by the comparatively small 

 loss of timber from fire where the system is in operation as compared 

 with the destruction from this cause where such means are not adopted. 



The report refers to the work of co-operation with the farmers in- 

 forest tree culture on the treeless prairies of Manitoba and the North- 

 West Territories which was started a couple of years ago by the Forestry 

 Branch of the Department of the Interior. This work is assuming 

 large proportions. Within the past two months over 900,000 trees 

 and about 700 pounds of tree seed have been distributed to farmers 

 m all parts of the country who had prepared their land to the satis- 

 faction of inspectors employed by the department who had examined it. 



^lention is made of the growing interest in forestry, as evidenced 

 'by the recent action of the University of Toronto and of Queen's 

 University at Kingston, looking towards the establishment of chairs 

 of forestry in those institutions. 



The last annual meeting of the Association was held at Ottawa 

 on the 5th and 6th of March last, at which papers on the following 

 subjects were read: 



" The Forests of New Brunswick," by His Honour the Lieutenant- 

 Governor of New Brunswick. 



" A Report on the Conditions of Lumbering and Forestry in 

 Western Nova Scotia," by F. C. Whitman, Annapolis Royal, N.S. 



" Forest Fires," by W. A. Hendry, formerly Deputy-Commissioner 

 of Crown Lands, Halifax, N.S. 



" History and Results of the Fire Ranging System in Ontario," 

 by Aubrey White, Deputy Commissioner of Crown Lands, Toronto, Ont. 



" Forest Protection in the Railway Belt, British Columbia," by 

 James Leamy, Dominion Crown Timber Agent, New Westminster, B.C. 



