PROCEEDINGS FOR 1917 XXI 



leading countries of Europe the forests, whether owned by the Govern- 

 ment or by private interests, have, by the application of modern 

 scientific knowledge, been immensely improved in character, and, 

 instead of being plundered and then abandoned, have been converted 

 into assets of enormous national value, and which year by year yield 

 large revenues to the Government, or to their private owners, which are 

 as regular and as continuous as those from any other gilt-edged 

 investment, the forest all the time being maintained with its capital 

 unimpaired. 



Different methods of forest management have been adopted in 

 different parts of Europe to secure this splendid result. The Canadian 

 forests present special problems of their own.- The Council has recom- 

 mended that the necessary means be provided in order to enable the 

 Forestry Branch of the Department of the Interior to carry out 

 certain investigations for the purpose of ascertaining which of these 

 methods can best be applied to the Canadian forests with a view to 

 stopping the destruction^ which now threatens them, and of making 

 these forests a great and permanent source of wealth to the people of 

 the Dominion. 



Many other projects and many additional lines of work are 

 under consideration by the Council, but these require further examina- 

 tion before the Council is in a position to decide what action should 

 be taken with reference to them. 



VII. — The 72-Inch Reflecting Telescope. 



The mounting of the 72-inch telescope, with its dome and building 

 was completely erected during the summer of 1916, and now requires 

 only the mirror to enable actual observing work to be started. 



The dome was shipped from Cleveland at the end of March, 

 1916, and arrived in Victoria about April 15. Erection of the struc- 

 tural work was completed early in July, and the double sheet metal 

 covering was in place in October. The operating mechanism and 

 accessories for the dome were installed and adjusted in Octoi:)er and 

 is now in practical working order. 



The mounting of the telescope, which was shipped from Cleveland 

 about the end of July and arrived in Victoria about three weeks later, 

 was hauled to the sito and ready for erection by the first of September. 

 Erecting was begun on the fifth, and in ten days all the heavy parts 

 of the telescope were in place, an indication of the care used in fitting 

 at Cleveland. The extensive permanent wiring required some time, 

 so that the final completion of the erection was delayed until about 

 the middle of October. 



The telescope was then placed in adjustment and dome and mount- 



