Directors^ Report for 1910. 



Progress of Forestry and the Forestry Association. 



The Board of Directors beg to submit 

 the following report of business done 

 during the past year: — 



According to Section VI. of the Consti- 

 tution, the following Territorial Vice- 

 Presidents were appointed: 



Ontario — Hon. Frank Cochrane. 



Quebec — Hon. Jules Allard. 



New Brunswick — Hon. W. C. H. Grim- 

 mer. 



Nova Scotia — Hon. A. K. Maclean. 



Prince Edward Island — A. B. Warbur- 

 ton, M.P. 



Manitoba — Hon. E. P. Eoblin. 



British Columbia — Hon. H. Bostock. 



Yukon — Commissioner Henderson. 



Saskatchewan — His Honor A. E. Forget. 



Alberta — Wm. Pearce. 



McKeuzie — F. D. Wilson. 



Keewatin — His Honour, Sir Daniel H. 

 McMillan. 



Ungava — His Grace, Mgr. Bruchesi, 

 Archbishop of Montreal. 



Conventions. — The great event of the 

 year has been the Dominion Forestry 

 Convention, convoked by the Eight Hon. 

 Sir Wilfrid Laurier, which met in the City 

 of Quebec, Jan. 18-20. At the request of 

 the Premier the Association arranged the 

 details of the organization of this meet- 

 ing, which through the kindness of the 

 Government of Quebec was held in the 

 Legislative Council Chamber of the Par- 

 liament Buildings. The meeting was open- 

 ed by His Excellency the Governor Gen- 

 eral; the President, Hon. W. C. Edwards, 

 occupied the chair during the three days' 

 session. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who hoped to 

 preside, at least during the opening day, 

 being prevented at the last moment by 

 important state business from taking 

 part. The meeting being held imme- 

 diately after and in conjunction with the 

 annual meeting of the Commission of 

 Conservation had the advantage of the 

 presence of the members of that body, 

 nearly all of whom, including Hon. Clifford 

 Sifton (Chairman) and Hon. Sydney 

 Fisher, took part in the programme of the 

 Convention. There was a large attend- 

 ance from all parts of Canada, especially 

 from the Province of Quebec, and from 

 Newfoundland and the United States. 

 Sir Lomer Gouin, Premier; and Hon. 

 Jules Allard, Minister of Lands & Mines, 

 took a personal interest in the meeting. 



The local committee also contributed very 

 much to the success of the gathering. 

 Over four hundred persons signed the re- 

 cord of attendance. 



Progress in Canada. — Your Directors 

 are pleased to be able to report that the 

 work which the Association and similar 

 bodies have been doing for some years 

 is beginning to show results in increased 

 interest in all parts of Canada. They 

 feel that the efforts of the members of 

 the Association are being at last reward- 

 ed and that attention is now being turn- 

 ed to the matter of conserving the 

 forests. The work of the Forestry 

 Branch of the Department of the 

 Interior, under the direction of Mr. 

 E. H. Campbell, Dominion Superintendent 

 of Forestry, is steadily progressing. The 

 fire patrol force is being systematically 

 increased. During the past summer the 

 Branch had two parties in the field locat- 

 ing the boundaries of the Eocky Moun- 

 tains Forest Eeserve; two other parties 

 made exploratory trips along the propos- 

 ed route of the Hudson Bay Eailway in 

 order to ascertain the quantity of timber 

 available; other parties were at work 

 classifying lands in British Columbia. 



A new bill to extend the Dominion' for- 

 est reserves is now before Parliament. 



In Quebec the year has been made spe- 

 cially memorable- by the stablishment of 

 a school of forestry affiliated with Laval 

 University, which commenced its sessions 

 in September last with an attendance of 

 ten pupils. The forestry work of the 

 Department of Lands and Forests is also 

 making steady and substantial progress. 



Ontario is also taking forward steps in 

 regard to her forests. Most noteworthy of 

 these is the inauguration of experiments 

 in connection with the burning of brush 

 at the time of cutting. Also worthy of 

 notice is the policy of treating Algonquin 

 Park as a "fur farm," restricting the 

 increase of the beaver each year and mak- 

 ing a revenue from the sale of the skins 

 of captured animals, — a policy similar to 

 that adopted in the German forests. Steps 

 have also been taken looking toward the 

 extension of the park and to the ex- 

 tinguishment of certain old cutting rights 

 therein. Progress has also been made in 

 the planting of waste sand lands of the 

 province. 



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