Commission on Consenuilion. 



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Makinit the Map. 



The i^ale adopted wus that of 4,000 (eet 

 (ihrce>quarter» of u mile) to nn inch. One 

 limit (50 square mtlfv) wa« p'ared on each 

 •heet, and from these n map of the whole, 

 on a smaller scale, is to be built up. The ron- 

 ventionul signs adopted by the Dominion 

 Forest Service were u»ed. 



On the completion of the bu<te map the 

 tame party will j^o over the territory in de- 

 taij to estinuilc the linihrr. 



The QoMtioo of Supplies. 

 The transportation of supplies accounted 



for much oi Tlw nMimM baa* 



of suppIlM u.i. • frotn 15 to 



70 miles from (>| t'P'i** had 10 



be driven in by ... .k." «. XiMgons wImtc 

 there were roads, and after thai bjr dog. 

 sled or cano*. 



Provisions are hauled to ih« ground in 

 winter, as far as po«sibl». For rach icciion 

 to be mapped a central camp i* looiiad. The 

 party work* from this until it bccom— too 

 far to walk from the ramp to their work ; 

 then a temporary ramp is e«tabli*hed. ii- 

 which provisions are brought from the main 

 ramp. 



Commission on Conservation. 



Brief Report of Second Annual Meeting at Quebec, Jan. 17, 1911. 



The ('oimiiissidii of Conservation held 

 its second annual meeting in Quebec citv 

 on .Ian. 17 in tlic Lef^iHlative Counril 

 Chamber. 



Hon. ClilTord Sifton, chHirman of the 

 ooinmission, presided, and at the morning 

 session pive a review of the work done 

 by tiie fomtnission during the year. He 

 made referem-e to the optiosition made by 

 the conimission to the Long Snult dam 

 project and to the attempt made to in- 

 corporate the International Canal an<l 

 Transportation Company, whose objwt 

 was to construct a canal from Lake Su- 

 perior to the headwaters uf the Saskat- 

 chewan river. 



In rognnl to waterpowers the report of 

 the hydroelectric' engineer of the com- 

 mission was almost ready for publication. 

 A hill had also been submitted to the Oo- 

 minion government regulating the grant- 

 ing of waterpowers by the Dominion au- 

 thorities. 



The appointments of ofHcers and work 

 of the Committees <m Public Health and 

 on Lands were also noted. 



The Committee on Forests had r»»com- 

 mended the setting aside of the Kastern 

 Slope of the Ro<'ky Mountains as a forest 

 reserve, a measure which had sub-sequently 

 been put into effect by order-in-council 

 and was also included in a bill already 

 before Parliament. The committee also 

 recommended the passing of a bill penal- 

 izing the railway compani«»s for allowing 

 fires to spread beyond their rights of 

 way and had made nn invratigation of 

 the forest fires of the season of 1910. 



Information regarding mines was l>eing 

 collated and tnuch information had been 

 prepared regarding the fish and game and 

 fur-bearing animals of the Dominion. 



Dr. .T. W. Kobertson, C.M.Ci., reviewed 

 at considerable length the work done by 

 the Committee on Lands during the year. 

 He also dealt with methods of farming, 

 condition of home life on the farms. 



weeds and the quration of wood-Iota. 



At the afternoon semion Mr. P. I>. 

 Monk, M.P., intrtMluretl the quention of 

 the control to be exerriitiHi by the govern- 

 ment over wateqiowers, and explained 

 the provisions of his bill before Parlia- 

 ment. Considerable disrimsion took plaev 

 relative to the bill. Amoog other thiaga 

 the difliculty of applying the same eon* 

 ditions all over the Dominion was point- 

 ed out. 



A committee was Anally ap|>ointed to 

 bring in a r«>solution on the matter, which 

 later reporte«| recommending that grants 

 of water|K)wer be made to extend o\<ex a 

 limited jieriixl only, and this after a foil 

 study of^ their value, etc.; that a value he 

 set on the privilege at the time of alien- 

 ation and that the rental be revised |>ert- 

 odically. and that the rates charged to the 

 public be under the control of the Rail* 

 way <'omniinsion. even where the grant 

 had passe<I from the origiiwl grantee to 

 another. 



Hon. VV. (\ H. (trimmer disenssed vari- 

 ous legal difliculties in the administration 

 of the fish and game. 



Dr. B. E. Fernow gave an areonat of 

 the system of forest protertion in vogue 

 in Sweden. 



At the evening seaaion, which was a 

 public one, Mr. C. C. James, T' Min- 



uter of Agriculture for Ontnr on 



•What Ontario is Doing for tnc improve- 

 ment of .\griculture. ' His addrewi re- 

 fcrre<l particularly to the work of the 

 Ontario Agriculttiral College, espeeiallT 

 with regard to its extension work. 



Dr. C. A. Hodgetts. Medical Adviaer to 

 the Commiswon. then irave an addreaa, II- 

 lustrate<l I> ■ n views, on Tn- 



sanitnry Ii .-lid stress on the 



fact that hi..i.. . ..i...it...ii<i were beroming 

 all too prevalent in some Canadian cities. 



.\fter the report of the eommittee noted 

 above had been given, the aiaaCiag ad- 

 journed. 



