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permanent tenure of their limits, and 

 emphasized the importance of the 

 classification of lands, so as to re- 

 duce illegitimate settlement, and 

 the introduction of oil-burning loco- 

 motives to lessen the risk of fire 

 from railways. Nature, he believed, 

 if given the chance, would reproduce 

 the forests satisfactorily. 



Mr. N. S. Dunlop, Claims Agent 

 for the C.P.R., represented Mr. D. 

 McNicoll, vice-president of the rail- 

 way. He pointed out the interest 

 the railways had in preserving the 

 forests and detailed the steps the 



which they were in no way respon- 

 sible. 



Mr. E. G. Joly de Lotbiniere fol- 

 lowed with a paper bearing espe- 

 ially on the disposal of logging de- 

 bris, the method he particularly 

 favored being that of lopping tiie 

 branches and leaving the debris on 

 the forest floor. 



The next paper was given by Mr. 

 G. C. Piche, Chief Forestry Engineer 

 of the Dept. of Lands and Forests, 

 Quebec. He spoke of the exteut, 

 composition and value of the private 

 forests of the province and those 



Kent House, where the Delegates were Entertained by the Local Committee. 



railways were taking to prevent 

 fires. Present regulations (which 

 he outlined) went probably as far, 

 as legislation could reasonably go., 

 Holders of property alongside rail- 

 way rights of way were often to 

 blame for fires starting, through 

 leaving debris -near -the tracks. 

 Many others^the lumbermen them- 

 selves, farmers burning brush, pros- 

 pectors, campers and others — we\'e 

 to blame for many forest fires. His 

 company spent thousands of dollars 

 every year in putting out fires. for 



under license, following this by a 

 short historical sketch of the De- 

 partment of Lands and Forests from 

 its establishment in 1852. and the 

 various changes in organization up 

 to the formation of the Forest Ser- 

 vice and the reorganization of the 

 department last year. The paper 

 went on to describe the work of the 

 department in the classification of 

 land, supervision of cutting, etc., 

 and treated also of the need of bet- 

 ter sylvicultural methods, of the 

 protection of the forests from fire. 



