CunadUm Forestry Convention. 



of the Statf of IVntiHylvania; Dr. ('. 

 C. fjoni'8, (Mianci'llor of tin* I'niver- 

 sity of New liruiiHwiek ; Very H«'v. 

 Abbe OoKNelin. of LhvhI ruivrrHity; 

 ilon. \V, (', II. (triiiiini>r, Surveyor. 

 General of New Hrunswirk : Mr. Au- 

 brey White. Diputy .MiniHter of 

 LaiidH and Kon'sts for Ontario; Dr. 

 Howard .Murray, of Dalhoiisie Uni- 

 versity. Ilalifa.\. N.S. ; Mr. A. S. 

 Goodevi'. .M.P.. of Hossbind. B.C.; 

 Dr. H. K. F«'rnow. Dran of lh<! Faeul- 

 ty of Forestry of the rnivrrsity of 

 Toronto: Mr. (J. Y. Chown, H(>Ki»- 

 trar of Queen's I'nivfrsity. Kings- 

 ton; Dr. \V. .1. Huthrrford*. Dran of 

 the ('onej,'e of Auricidtun' of \\\v 

 University of Saskatehewan ; Very 

 Rev. Canon C. P. Cho<|uette, repre- 

 senting the Bishop of Sto. Ilyacinthe ; 

 Dr. v.. II. Hall, Secretary of the So- 

 ciety for the Preservation of the 

 Adirondaeks; .Mr. (J. Willrieh. V. 

 S. Consul at Quebee ; Mr. Ilarrv 

 I. Crowe, of Newfoundland: Mr. C\. 

 A. Vandry. IMvsident of the Que 

 bee Chandler of Conimeree; Mr. Jos. 

 Picard. President of the Quel)ee 

 branch of the Manufacturers Asso- 

 ciation, and Mr. R. H. Campbell, Do- 

 minion Superintendent of Poorest ry. 

 The convention then adjourned. 



Wednesday Afternoon. 



The convention resumed its ses- 

 sion at two o'clock p.m., with Sena 

 tor E<1 wards in the chair. 



The first address of the afternoon 

 was given by Hon. Clifford Sift on. 

 Chairman of the Commission of Con- 

 servation, his subject being 'Forestry 

 Problems and Forest Fires.' In in- 

 troducing the subject. .Mr. Sift«m re- 

 ferred to the pioneers in the forestry 

 movement and the diflRculties they 

 encountered, and to the onnosition 

 that met his own efforts, when Min- 

 ister of the Interior, in establishing 

 the Forestry Branch of that depart- 

 ment. Mr. Sifton directed attention 

 to the fact that the railways were 

 the chief offenders in the starting of 

 forest fires. During the past season 

 the railways in Quebec had caused 

 75 fires out of a total of 171. in On- 



tario 404 out of 432, and on Dc 

 minion land* in the We«t 184 out of 

 1.227 Hrc«. In Britinh Columbia the 

 total number of fires waa 1,1S4, and 

 of thi'Hc the railways were known 

 to havi' Met out 272. He advoeatfd 

 making the penaltieM provided for 

 the railwayN starting fin-n nuire w- 

 vcre. and bespoke the supiNirt of the 

 convention for the Consen'ation 

 Commission's work to this end. 



Dr. K. H. Hall, neeretary of the 

 Soeiety for thr Protection of the 

 Adirondaeks, spoke of Ni«w York 

 eonditions. Finding that the rail- 

 ways were the ehii-f offenders in the 

 matter of starting fires in their for- 

 ests, they had obliged them to use 

 oil for fuel in their locomotives and 

 to clean up their rights of way. 

 These measures, together with the 

 CNtablishment of watch-towers, had 

 almost freed the Adirondaeks from 

 forest fires. 



FORKST ADMIMMKAl l«»N. 



The topic of Forest Administration 

 was introduced by Hon. Jules Al- 

 ia rd. Minister of Lands and Forests 

 of Quebec. He gave much statistical 

 and historical information with re- 

 gard to the forests of the •Province 

 and their administration. He took 

 (•ecasion to emphasize the fact that 

 in Quebec province the only timber- 

 lands privately owned were those 

 included in the seignories and those 

 patented by settlers. The present 

 administration and regidation of the 

 forested areas were also dealt with. 

 Land cla.ssification. forestrj* educa- 

 tion, fire protection and hydro- 

 graphic exploration were also touch- 

 ed on by Mr. Allard. 



Mr. R. H. Campbell. Dominion 

 Superintendent of Forestry, then 

 read his paper on 'Forest Adminis- 

 tration.' He laid down, as the first 

 essential for a forest policy, the 

 necessity of setting aside definite 

 areas to be permanently kept in 

 forest. The second factor in forest 

 policy was the establishment of a 

 permanent, adequate and well- 

 qualified force of men ^ith theoreti- 



