Report of Resolutions Committee. 



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MtH, thuH aliio protecting the Hettlen and 



their |iro|>«rty. 



9. UfMolntt, that thin Convffntion ap- 

 pn)VOM of th« ftftion of the CSovcrntnHntii 

 of Oiitiiriu, Quflit'c ami Itrttinli (!olunil>ia 

 in r('t|uirin{{ tliat timh«»r cut on <!rown 

 1an«iH l>» iiinnufni-turuti in Cnnaria, and 

 would lie pU>aRcd to aee tho other I'ro- 

 vincen follow thuir example. 



10. WhcffaM, tho forests of Canada are 

 a firent nntioiiul aHHot, and, whoroan the 

 wtilfaro of our nKr'<'ultur«\ health and cli- 

 matic conditions, bm well an the national 

 prosperity of tho country depend upon tho 

 proper and scientiflc care of tho forest 

 areas. 



Therefurr Ifrmh-rtl, that this Convention 

 commends the action of the Province of 

 Quebec in employing technically trained 

 Foresters in its service, and recommends 

 to the other Provinces of Canada the im- 

 portance of this policy. 



11. Ifrsolird, that iti the opinion of this 

 Convention the establishment of fish hatch- 

 eries in tho Province of Quebec is im- 

 portant, and that the teaching of pisci- 

 culture should be a part of the curriculum 

 of the Forest School of Quebec. 



12. Whercan. roads and highways are 

 great factors in tho development and pro- 

 tection of our forests and means of im- 

 proving transportation all through the 

 country. 



Therefore Kenolred, that this Convention 

 thinks it highly desirable that a national 

 highway should' be built from the Atlantic 

 to the Pacific, also recommends to the Pro- 

 vincial Governments the increasing of 

 their subsidies for the building of new 



roads and the improviuK of existioff high* 

 ways, and expr«iH»«ii the opinion that lb« 

 countie* and municipalilii^ of the r>o« 

 minion Mhuuld rncuurage muro rfllrientlr 

 tho improvement of roads within their 

 limits. 



1.1. ItrmtlrrtI, that this Coi ie- 



MircH to place on record its ,, '>ua 



of tho kindness of the I*remier, Kir Isomer 

 (louin, and the menihrni of the Clovertt' 

 mcnt and Legiitlntur<> of Quebetr, awpeeially 

 Hon. .lules Alliifd, Mininter of I<anda and 

 ForcMtM, for th«< many kindoewee aod bo«* 

 pitality shown the memben at this meet* 

 ing. 



14. Urnnlreil, that th«* thanks of this 

 Convention he extende«l to Hon. A. Tor- 

 geon, Pr<>«ident, and to the member* of 

 the Le'/iwlative Council nf Qnebee, for 

 their kindn(>«M in placing their magniflceot 

 Chamber at the dis|HNMil of the Conven* 

 tion for its sexsions. 



\7t. Itr»nlrr*l, that this meeting deeires 

 to express its appreciation of the hearti- 

 ness and unanimity with which His Wor- 

 ship the Mayor and the citizens of the 

 City of Quebec have welcomed the mem* 

 bent of this Convention and have assisted 

 in rendering their visit one of pleasnre as 

 well as profit. 



10. Wherran, in a country of great dis- 

 ances like Canada the success of such % 

 Convention as this depends to a Isrge ez> 

 tent upon the Press and the Railways. 



Therefore ReMtlrrd, that this Convention 

 desires to place on reeord its appreciation 

 of the kindness of these two sgeneies in 

 aiding its efforts. 



A NEW FOREST FIKE BXJIiLETIN. 



' Of all the civilized nations in the north- 

 ern hemisphere, Canada is doing the least 

 to treat the public timber-lands as a per- 

 manent asset.' 



This is the conclusion reached by Mr. 

 H R. MacMilInn, of tho Dominion Forest 

 Service, after a study of the present 

 status of forestry in Canada, particularly 

 in regard to the'forest fire problem. Tliis 

 study is published by the Forestry Branch 

 of the Department of the Interior as their 

 Bulletin No. ('Forest Fires in Canada'). 



During 1909 the loss through forest fires 

 throughout Canada nmounte<l to ♦210,400, 

 and 1909 was by no means a bad year 

 for fires. The expense of fire fighting and 

 fire protection amounted to $.1.10,000. 



There can be little doubt that this total 

 ol' fire loss is much too small. In the 

 fir^t place, the value of the timber ue- 

 Rtroyed is arbitrarily placed at $1 per 

 thousand feet, boani measure, while the 

 actual value of tho trees as they stand 



in the forest would average maeb higher 

 than this. Xo account is taken of the 

 damage done to young growth, which, 

 while not now actually saleable, will in 

 the course of a few years have, consider- 

 able value. 'An enormoos amount of 

 cordwood,' to quote the words of the 

 writer, 'destroyed, in districts where it 

 now has a value, and in other districts 

 where it will soon he needed, has neither 

 been estimntetl nor valued.' Many flree 

 have undoubtetlly i>ccurre<l in districts re- 

 mote from prt^sent settlement, and hare 

 destroyed] large quantities of timber which 

 ultimatelv would command a readv mar- 

 ket. 



Kxtracts are given from many works 

 dealing with exploration in Canada to 

 show how widespread and disastrous have 

 been the fires in former years — even be* 

 fore exploration was attempted, in msnjr 

 cases. 



Treating the subject more gvoerally in 

 the first ^rt of the bulletin. Mr. Mac- 

 Millan srnves at the conclusion that seven 



