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means at the disposal of the Association 

 ' allow. 



Moved by Mr. Ellwood Wilson, seconded 

 by Mr. G. Y. Chown, and 

 • Eesolved, that the Association regrets the 

 necessity (caused by increased pressure of 

 other duties) of the decision of the As- 

 sistant Secretary and Editor that he can 

 no longer continue that work; and it desires 

 to record its appreciation of his faithful 

 and painstaking labors, in the past five 

 years, by granting him an honorarium of 

 fifty dollars. 



Moved by Mr. Wm. Power, seconded by 

 Mr. Hiram Robinson, and 



Eesolved, that the Association desires to 

 express its regret at the illness which pre- 

 vents the attendance of Mr. William Little, 

 Director and Past President, and to voice 

 the hope that he will be speedily restored 

 to his wonted health and long spared to . 

 advance the cause which he has so deeply 

 at heart and for which he has done so 

 much. 



Moved by Mr. Elhvood Wilson, seconded 

 by Mr. A. H. D. Ross, and 



Eesolved, that the Association desires to 

 express its appreciation of the care, energy 

 and liberality with which the retiring Presi- 

 dent, Mr. John Hendry, fulfilled the duties 

 of that post in the past year. Because of 

 the desire to make the Victoria Convention 

 in every way successful he returned from 

 Europe much earlier than he had intended, 

 and though in poor health threw himself 

 into the arrangement of details with the 

 greatest energy. The Association desires to 

 express the hope that Mr. Hendry's full 

 recovery to health will be speedily accom- 

 plished and that he will be long spared 

 to throw his great weight as one of Can- 

 ada's leading captains of industry into the 

 cause of forest conservation. 



Moved by Mr. A. H. D. Ross, seconded 

 by Mr. Ellwood Wilson, and 



Eesolved, that the thanks of the Canadian 

 Forestry Association be tendered to the Do- 

 minion Government 'and the Governments 

 of Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and 

 New Brunswick for their grants in aid of 

 the work of this Association. 



Moved by Hon. Sydney Fisher, seconded 

 by Hon. H. Bostock, and 



Eesolved, that the Canadian Forestry As- 

 sociation desires to convey its thanks to His 

 Royal Highness the Governor General for his 

 kindness in continuing as Patron of the As- 

 sociation; it desires to assure him of the 

 anxious concern with which the members 

 have followed the reports of the illness of 

 Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Con- 

 naught and of their earnest hope that she 

 may speedily be restored to hor wonted 

 health. 



Moved by Mr. Piche, secomled by Dr. 

 Fernovv, and 



Eesolved, that the Association send a con- 

 tribution of twenty-five dollars to each of 

 the two committees formed to erect a monu- 

 ment to the memory of Gayer and Broillarjd, 

 the two celebrated foresters. \ 



Moved by Mr. E. Wilson, seconded by 

 Mr. W. G. Power, and 



Eesolved, that a committee be appointed 

 to consider means for the increase of the 

 membership and the formation of local as- 

 ! ociations. 



Upon motion the committee was composed 

 of Mr. Fa. Wilson (convener), and Messrs. 

 R. H. Campbell, Zavitz, Piche, MacMillan, 

 R. B. Miller and F. C. Whitman. 



Moved by Mr. E. Wilson, seconded by I)r. 

 Fernovv, and 



Eesolved, that a committee be appointed 

 to examine the question of the progress in 

 the several provinces of the exploration or 

 classification of lands and to report on ways 

 and means for the furthering of this move- 

 ment. 



Upon motion the committee was composed 

 of Mr. E. Wilson (convener), Hon. Sydney 

 Fisher and Mr. George Y. Chown. 



Moved by Mr. R. H. Campbell, seconded 

 by Mr. A. H. D. Ross, and 



Eesolved, that the thanks of the Cana- 

 dian Forestry Association be conveyed to 

 the general managers of the chartered banks 

 of Canada which have assisted the Asso- 

 ciation by making their branch managers 

 members of the Association, or by direct 

 grants in aid of its work. 



On motion of Mr. Chown, the Secretary 

 was re-olected and the other elections re- 

 ferred to the Directors. 



Moved by Mr. Piche, seconded by Mr. W. 

 G. Power, and 



Eesolved, that this meeting recommend 

 to the Directors that the salary of the Sec- 

 retary be increased by the amount of three 

 hundred dollars per year. 



Moved by Dr. Fernow, seconded by Mr. 

 E. Wilson, and 



Eesolved, that the Directors be instructed 

 to arrange for the nomination of a slate of 

 officers through a Nominating Committee 

 which is to report the slate to the annual 

 meeting. 



Moved by Dr. Fernow, seconded by Mr. 

 Wilson, and 



Eesolved, that a special vote of thanks be 

 transmitted to the Treasurer, Miss M. Rob- 

 inson, for her excellent services, in recogni- 

 tion of the same that a douceur of one hun- 

 dred dollars be paid her in addition to the 

 customary honorarium, and that she be re- 

 quested to continue in office. 



Officers Elected. 



Patron — H.R.H. the Governor General. 

 Hon. President — Rt. Hon. R. L. Bordon. 

 Hon. Past President— Rt. Hon. Sir Wil- 

 frid Laurier. 



