INTRODUCTION 



These lectures are the outcome of the efforts of Queen's University 

 and the Kingston School of Mining to place before the people of .Canada 

 the leading principles of forestry in such a way as to make a beginning in 

 forestry educatipn. Dr. Fernow had previously (Jan. 21st, 1901) lec- 

 tured here at a conference called 'to consider the best means for the preser- 

 vation and renewal of our forests, for using them to advantage, and for 

 providing proper education to these ends.' The interest aroused by this 

 lecture and the conference which followed it decided the Board of Gover- 

 nors of the School of Mining to proceed with the establishment of a Depart- 

 ment of Forestry in connection with the School, a project which had been 

 cherished for several years. The Premier and the Minister of Education 

 of Ontario looked favorably upon the proposal, and substantial aid was 

 promised, to be given as soon as the buildings under construction afforded 

 space for the new department. 



The lectures which follow were delivered during the last week of 

 January, and were attended by the advanced students of engineering, 

 economics and biology. They were fully reported by the leading- 

 newspapers of Canada, and forestry at once became a subject of 

 discussion in the public press. It was everywhere recognized that the 

 School of Mining had made an important advance in education, and that 

 these lectures, the first course on forestry given in Canada, were to be re- 

 corded as a historical event of great significance, marking as they did the 

 beginning of a new outlook upon one of our greatest industries. 



At the close of the lectures a committee of lumbermen and other 

 friends of the movement was formed to assist in establishing the School of 

 Forestry. The names of the committee are given below. The local mem- 

 bers of this committee decided to print and publish the lectures, and this has 

 now been done with the sanction of the Board of Governors. 



The cuts illustrating Lecture X. were kindly lent by the Western So- 

 ciety of Engineers, Chicago. Mr. H. W. Wilson has also supplied a num- 

 ber of illustrations from his unique collection of negatives. Dr. Fernow 

 revised the proof sheets and selected a number of the illustrations. The 

 Committee desires to take this opportunity of thanking him for his co- 

 operation. 



Most of the subjects dealt with have been treated more at length in 

 Professor Fernow's lately published work on The Economics of Forestry. 



COMMITTEE. 



Hon. Wm. Harty, M.P., Chairman Kingston 



Hiram Calvin, M.P., Vice-Chairman Kingston 



Edw. J. B. Pense, M.P.P Kingston 



