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CanadlaiLlorestrv Journal 



Vol. IX. 



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Ottawa. Canad^June 1913. 



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No. 6 



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CANADIAN' 



Published' 

 Canadian Forestry 



Canadian Building, 



Ottawa, Canada. 



Devoted to the cause of forest conservation. 



Subscription $1 per year. 



Advertising Rates on Application. 



CONTENTS: Page. 



Winnipeg Convention 81 



Obituary-^Dr. Hay, Mr! Maurice Quinn 82 



Forest Conservation 83 



British Columbia Forest Branch .... 85 

 Should New Brunswick Forests be 



Thinned 87 



How the United States Lost an Op- 

 portunity 89 



The Problem of Sable Island 91 



Dominion Forest Parties . 93 



Cross Ties Purchased in 1912 ...... 94 



CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



Patron, H. R. H. the Governor General. 



Honorary Pres., Rt. Hon. R. L. Borden. 



Honorary Past Pres., Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 



President, Hon. W. A. Charlton. 



Vice-President, Wm. Power, M. P. 



Secretary, J as. Lawler, Canadian Building, 



Slater St., Ottawa. 



Treasurer, Miss M. Robinson. 



Directors : William Little, Hiram Robinson, 



Aubrey White, E. Stewart W. B. Snowball, 



Thomas South worth, Hon. W. C. Edwards, Geo. Y. 



Chown, John Hendry, Hon. Sydney Fisher, R. H. 



Campbell. J. B. Miller, Gordon C. Edwards, Dr. B. E. 



Femow, Ellwood Wilson, Senator Bostock, F. C. 



Whitman, G. C. Pich6, Alex. MacLaurin: Mgr. O. E. 



Mathieu, Bishop of Regina; A. P, Stevenson, Wm. 



Pearce, C. E. E. Usshcr, Denis Murphy, C. Jackson 



Booth. Wm. Price, J. W. Harkom, A. S. Goodeve, 



W. C. J. Hall. J. S. Dennis, J. B. White, E. J. 



Zavitz. Geo. Chahoon Jr., R. D, Prettie. 



Territorial Vice-President* : 



Ontario:— Hon. W. H. Hearst. 

 Quebec: — Hon. Jules Atlard. 

 New Brunswick: — Hon. J, H. Flemming. 

 Nova Scotia:— Hon. O. T. Daniels. 

 Manitoba:— Hon. R. P. Roblin. 

 Prince Edward Island: — Hon. J. A. Matheson 

 Saskatchewan — His Honor G. W. Brown. 

 Alberta:— Hon. A. L. Sifton. 

 British Columbia:— Hon. W, R. Ross. 

 Yukon: — Geo. Black, Commissioner, 

 Mackenzie:— F. D. Wilson. 

 Keewatin: — His Honor D, C. Cameron. 

 Ungava: — His Grace Mgr. Bruchesi, Archbishop of 

 Montreal. 



'WINNIPEG CONVENTION. 



By the time this issue of the Can- 

 adian Forestry Journal reaches our 

 members the final preparation for 

 the Winnipeg Convention, July 7, 8, 

 9 will be in full sw^ing. In order that 

 there may be no mistake the details 

 of the railw^ay arrangements are re- 

 peated in this issue. (Page 92.; 



While it is still impossible to give 

 the program in detail, it is evident 

 from the names that have been al- 

 ready received that the most import- 

 ant subjects in regard to forest con- 

 servation in Canada will be fully 

 dealt with by those who are able to 

 speak with authority. This will be 

 particularly true of all subjects re- 

 lating to the forests of Western Can- 

 ada and of the three prairie pro- 

 vinces, and of farmers' tree planta- 

 tions on the prairies. From the re- 

 turns already received it is expected 

 there will be a large attendance from 

 both east and west, but particularly 

 from the prairies. 



The Call to Convention was sent 

 out before this issue so that it is 

 doubtless now in the hands of all our 

 members, and we shall be glad if 

 those who are intending to go to 

 Winnipeg will send a note to that 

 effect to the Secretary. 



While the Secretary will be leav- 

 ing in a few days to arrange the final 

 details of the convention at Winni- 

 peg, letters addressed to him at the 

 Canadian Building, Ottawa, will be 

 carefully attended to as arrange- 

 ments have been made either to have 

 correspondence dealt with promptly 

 in Ottawa or forwarded at once to 

 him in the West. 



There is no reason why this should 

 not be one of the best conventions 

 ever held by the Association, and 



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