Dirteiors' Report for igto. 



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In British Columbia the force of flr« 

 run);ers han been incroaiiod with good 

 offect. The Koyal CoinmiHiiion on Timber 

 and ForeHtrv ai)pointe«l by the Oovem- 

 ment of Britittb ('olunil)ia ha* completed 

 its work and publiHhod itn report. Papers 

 explanatory nf the work of the Commis- 

 sion were givon nt the Quebee Convention 

 by Meears. A. A. (inodeve, M.P., and A. 

 C. Flumerfolt, and will appear in the re- 

 port of that convention. 



The field work of the Nova Scotia for- 

 est survey has been completed and the 

 report on the survey is now in prepara- 

 tion. 



Publications. — At the last annual meet- 

 ing resolutions were passed instructing the 

 Secretary to secure all possible information 

 regarding the publication of the Canadian 

 Forestry Journal monthly or bi-monthly, 

 and especially what increased revenue 

 might be had from advertising. A num- 

 ber of advertising agencies were ap- 

 proached, but none of them would under- 

 take the work of securing advertising for 

 the .Journal. Upon the advice of exper- 

 ienced advertising men it was decided 

 that the Secretary should himself endea- 

 vor to get more advertising. This had 

 only just begun when the pressure of work 

 for the Quebec Convention caused it to 

 be put aside, but some new advertising 

 has been secured and the prospects seem 

 to be good for development. As the con- 

 tract for publishing the .lournnl had ex- 

 pired, tenders were calle«l for from a 

 number of printers in Toronto, Ottawa 

 and Quebec, and .after careful considera- 

 tion the contract was awarded to the Ot- 

 tawa Printing Company. This new con- 

 tract and the new form of the .Journal 

 render it easier to bring out the .Journal 

 more frequently, but it is felt that for 

 3911 the issues should not be more fre- 

 quent than one in two months, which will 

 enable the possibility of monthly publica- 

 tion to be njore readily estimated. 



Arrangements for issuing bulletins are 

 now more complete and it is hoped to de- 

 velop this side during 1911. 



Of the annual report of 1910, 3,500 

 copies in Knglish and 3,000 copies in 

 French have been issued. 



Branch Associations. — The Secretary 

 consulted several organisations but can- 

 not as yet report any plan for branch 

 provincial associations. The American 

 Forestry Association has been unable to 

 solve this question, and in the United 

 States many states have forestry associa- 

 tions meeting independently of the fed- 

 eral association. It is hoped that some 

 way may be found to prevent this over- 

 lapping in Canada. 



Work of the Officers. — As soon as the 

 l.^st niiminl mooting was over the Secre- 



tary retarned to W«t«ra Ootario sad de- 

 livered a number of leeture* on forestry. 

 He visiteil the camp of the Parulty of 

 Forestry of Toronto Universltv, at .Vine 

 Mile I^ke, Moakoka, and noted the mvtb* 

 ods of work there in training studenta 

 for conducting woods operations, lie ••• 

 cured a noiliDer of photographs for om 

 in his leetoree. In nidstinmer be visit«d 

 the United States and eonsolted with ofll- 

 eers of the American Forestry Association 

 and the United States Forest Service at 

 Washington and the Secretary of the 

 Pennsylvania Forestry Asaof'iation in 

 Philadelphia. He then spent two weeks 

 at .Milford, iVnnsylvania, where the sto- 

 dents of the Yale Forest School carry on 

 their woods work. Upon returning to 

 Canada he moved to Ottawa as it was 

 felt be could better carry on the work 

 of the Association from this point. He 

 has been here granted office room in the 

 Forestry Branch, and is thns in eloee 

 touch with the Assistant Secretary and 

 Treasurer. This saves a large amonot of 

 correspondence and makes the work moro 

 efficient. 



The Assistant Secretary has been chiefly 

 occupied with the publication side of the 

 work. This is now on a better basis both 

 as regards the magazine and the bnlletiM 

 than ever before. Mr. Jacombe was also 

 of great help to the Secretary at the Que- 

 bec Convention, and assisted him in the 

 details of the office work which was 

 heavier this year than in the past. 



The Treasurer, Miss Robinson, has rea> 

 dercd the same efficient, painstaking s«r> 

 vice as in past years. Her methodical 

 arrangements and her careful scrutiny of 

 the accounts ensure, along with the otbar 

 safeguards, that the funds of the Aaao- 

 elation arc carefully kept, and are «>• 

 ppnded only under proper authority. 



Membership and Fnnda. — The total 

 receipts for the venr including a balance 

 of $J,.*>(>|.in froni 1909 were #5,408.35. of 

 which $2.2.*>4,.'>0 was from members' fees. 

 The expenditures were M,4(M.<I8, laaTiu 

 a balance of 11,033.67. While this mmm 

 somewhat large it must bo renembervd 

 that with the enlarged sctfpe ot the work 

 larger expenditure!* will be required. The 

 details of this income and expenditure 

 will be found in the Treasurer's state- 

 ment. The Dominion Government baa 

 continufHi its grant of #2.000 and tbert 

 have also beon received #300 from tba 

 Government of Ontario, and from Qaebce 

 #200. It is expected that for 1911 tbcM 

 will be received and also #100 each from 

 New Brunswick and British Columbia. As 

 in the past leading banks of Canada have 

 aided the Association by making their 

 branch managers and other offlciab nen* 



(C. 



A on Pag* 28.) 



