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which cattle must be carefully excluded. Such encouragement may be given by exempt- 

 ing the timber lots from taxation so long as the same are maintained and properly cared 

 for. 



VIII. That encouragement be given to farmers to plant and maintain shade trees 

 along the public highways and the boundary lines of farms, by granting out of the Pro- 

 vincial treasury, a sum of ten or twelve cents for each tree so planted and maintained in 

 a healthy and growing condition for a period of five years, provided the municipal coun- 

 cil of the municipality in which they are growing shall have granted a like sum. 



IX. That hereafter it be a condition in all sales or grants to settlers, that not less 

 than twenty-five acres in every hundred shall be forever kept as woodland, under penalty 

 of forfeiture of the whole, and that the covenant be made to run with the land. 



X. That scientific and practical instruction in forestry be given to the students at 

 the Agricultural College. 



XI. That a competent conservator of forests be employed, with a sufficient staff, and 

 clothed with adequate powers to see to the proper execution of all laws relating to the 

 cutting of timber, lighting of fires, running at large of animals, etc., etc., within the 

 timber lands of the Province. 



XII. That as soon as practicable the management of the public forests be assumed 

 by the Government, and all timber be cut and sold, trees planted, pruned, and cared for, 

 and all matters relating thereto be conducted under the supervision of a chief forester. 



XIII. That the grounds of the several public institutions be utilized as far as prac- 

 ticable as experimental stations, by planting thereon timber trees that promise to be of 

 practical value, and testing their adaptation to these several localities. 



XIV. That Government cause accurate maps to be made of each County, shewing 

 the area that has been cleared oflT, that has been destroyed by fire, and that is yet covered 

 with timber, and indicating as far as practicable the quality of the standing timber. 



XV. That a forest of acclimation be establishedjat the^Agricultural College, Guelph, 

 in which shall be planted such forest trees of other countries as may probably become 

 acclimated in this country, and prove to be valuable for economical or ornamental pur- 

 poses. 



All of which is respectfully submitted, 



D. W. Beadle, ■ 

 Wm. Saunders, 

 Wm. Brown, 

 P. C. Dempsey, 

 Thos. Beall. 



