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Canadian Forestry Journal. 



DIRECTORS' REPORT FOR 1910. 



(Continued from Page 15.) 



bers. The list now includes the Bank of 

 Montreal, Canadian Bank of Commerce, 

 Merchants Bank, Molsons Bank, Bank of 

 British North America, Imperial Bank, 

 Bank of New Brunswick, Royal Bank, 

 The Quebec Bank, and Bank of Hamilton, 

 while the Traders Bank makes a grant of 

 fifty dollars. 



Since the last annual meeting the mem- 

 bership list has been carefully revised, 

 504 names struck off because of death 

 or non-payment of fees; 736 names add- 

 ed, leaving the total at 2,703, gain of 

 232 for the year. These 2,703 members 

 were distributed as follows: Nova Scotia, 

 95; Prince Edward Island, 9; New Bruns- 

 wick, 234; Quebec, 543; Ontario, 1,095; 

 Manitoba, 127; Saskatchewan, 120; Al- 

 -berta, 121; British Columbia, 215; Yukon 

 Territory, 3; Newfoundland, 2; United 

 States, 96; British and Foreign, 43. 



Oonclusion, — With the membership 

 larger than ever before and with the 

 different parts of itp organization work- 

 ing harmoniously, it' is hoped that the 

 year 1911 will be one of the best in the 

 records of the Association. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



LOST LIVES IN AUGUST FOREST 

 FIRES. 



The total number of those who lost 

 their lives in the forest fires in the west- 

 ern United States during the latter part 

 of August is seventy-seven; these are the 

 Forest Service figures. They were, for 

 the most part, temporary employees of 

 the Forest Service engaged for the ex- 

 press purpose of fighting the fires. 



The Guelph (Ont.) Water Commission- 

 ers will continue this year the. work of 

 afforestation of the catchment basin of 

 the system, begun last ye-^r. About 150,000 

 trees will probably be ])lanted this year. 

 Of the trees put in last spring over 75 

 per cent, (a good proportion) are living. 



TREES FOR THE LA IVISI 

 Weeping birch, mulberry, ash, 

 willow and elms. All kinds of 

 shrubs, fruit and ornamental 

 trees, hedge plants, roses, vines, 

 evergreens, from 10c up. 



CHA.S. bake:r., 



London Nursery. Ridout Street. 

 Phone 2222. London. Ont., Can. 



WOOD-LOT MANAGEMENT. 



When properly located and cared for 

 the wood-lot should prove a most produc- 

 tive and increasingly profitable portion of 

 a Canadian farm. Unfortunately the con- 

 dition of the average wood-lot is becom- 

 ing less satisfactory from year to year. 

 The two causes which contribute most 

 largely to this decadence are the common 

 practice of selecting from time to time 

 the better trees for removal, leaving the 

 poorer for the basis of future crops, and 

 the all but universal practice of opening 

 woodlands for grazing of stock. Some 

 idea of the economic importance of better 

 methods of management for farm wood- 

 lands may be gathered from the fact that 

 in Ontario alone there are some seven 

 million acres of wood-lots, besides several 

 million acres of waste lands which should 

 be re-forested. The Dominion Government 

 through its Forestry Branch and the On- 

 tario (iovernment through its Department 

 of Agriculture are already doing excellent 

 work in disseminating a knowledge of 

 better methods of wood-lot management 

 and in providing planting material at rea- 

 sonable cost for those wishing to improve 

 or extend tlieir woodlands. — Dr. ./iidson F. 

 Clark. 



CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



Patron, His Excellency the Governor General. 



Honorary Pres., Sir Wilfrid Laurier. 



President, Geo. Y. Chown, B.A. 



Vi.'. -President, John Hendry. 



Secretary, Jas. Lawler, Canadian Building-, 



Slater St., Ottawa. 



Asst. Secretary. F. W. H. Jacombe. 



Treasurer, Miss Marion Robinson. 



Directors: Wm. Little, Hiram Robinson, Aubrey 

 White, E. G. Joly de L^tbiniere, E. Stewari, H. M. 

 Price, W. B. Snowball, Thomas Southworth, Hon. W. 

 C. Edwards, Hon. Sydney Fisher, R, H. Campbell, J. B. 

 Miller, W. A. Charlton, Gordon C. Edwards, Dr. B. E. 

 Fernow. Ellwood Wilson. R. L. Borden, M. P.. F. C. 

 Whitman, G. C. Pich^, Alex. MacLaurin, Carl Riordon, 

 Mgr. O. E. Mathieu A. P. Stevenson Wm. Pearce, Wm. 

 Power, C. E. E. Usher, Denis Murphy, C. Jackson 

 Booth, Wm. Price, M.P., and J. W. Harkoni. 



Provincial Vice-Presidents : 



Ontario — Hon. Frank Cochrane, Toronto. 



Quebec^Hon. Jules AUard, Quebec. 



New Brunswick— Hon. W. C. H. Grimmer, Fredericton. 



Nova Scotia — Hon. A. K. Maclean, Halifax. 



Prince Edward Island— A. B. Warburton, M.P., Char- 

 lottetown. 



Manitoba — Hon. R.P. Roblin, Winnipeg-. 



Saskatchewan — Hon. A. E. Forget, Regina. 



Alberta — Hon. A. L. Sifton, Edmonton. 



British Columbia — Hon. H. Bostock, Monte Creek. 



Mackenzie — F. D. Wilson. Fort Vermilion, Alta. 



Yukon — Alex. Henderson. Commissioner, Dawson. 



Keewatin — His Honour Sir Daniel H. McMillan, Win- 

 nipeg. 



Ungava — His Grace Mgr. Bruchesi, Archbishop of 

 Montreal. 



