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Canadian Fortslr]) Journal, February, 1920 



THE ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL MEETING 



At the annual meeting of the Canadian For- 

 estry Association, held at the Chateau Fronte- 

 nac. Que., on Feb. 3rd, Mr. Clyde Leavitt acted 

 as Chairman, in the absence of Mr. J. S. Gillies, 

 the President. 



A motion was introduced by Mr. R. 0. 

 Sweezey favoring the increase in the number 

 of Directors of the Association from 35 to 45. 

 Mr. Sweezey explained that since the Associa- 

 tion's original board had been appointed, rela- 

 tively few changes in personnel had occurred, 

 and several important interests, such a 5 the 

 publishers, the banks, and the people of the 

 prairie provinces were now inadequately repre- 

 sented. The motion carried without dissent. The 

 Nominating Committee submitted to the meet- 

 ing a list of officers and directors, with Mr. C. 

 E. E. Ussher (passenger traffic manager of the 

 C.P.R. and one of the first directors of the As- 

 sociation) as President, and Mr. Dan McLachlin 

 of Arnprior, Ont., a well-known lumberman, as 

 Vice-President. The following new Directors 

 were appointed: Hon. Arthur Meighen, Angus 

 McLean. J. A. Gillies, John Black, T. W. 

 Dwight, Col. Thos. Cantley, W. E. Golding, Hon. 

 N. Garneau. David Champoux, Avila Bedard, 

 W. E. Bigwood. Cyril Young, Vere C. Brown, 



John W. Dafoe, G. P. Marnoch, R. 0. Sweezey. 



The Treasurer's report for 1919 showed re- 

 ceipts of $20,167.00, including $4,600 from 

 Government grants; $7,565.78 from member- 

 ship fees, and $6,840.00 from special subscrip- 

 tions. Expenditures amounted to $20,072.58, 

 leaving a balance at Dec. 31, 1919, of 

 $1,024.33. 



Col. Harkom brought up the question of ap- 

 pointing regional committees, or boards .to ad- 

 vise the Central Executive regarding jpecial 

 local problems. A motion was put through em- 

 bodying the suggestion and commending con- 

 sideration of it to the incoming executive: 



The following resolution was passed: 



"Whereas, the Canadian Forestry Association 

 has demonstrated its usefulness in the spread of 

 forestry propaganda throughout Canada and 

 has endeavored to be of maximum usefulness in 

 the protection of the forests administered by the 

 Dominion Government; 



"Resolved, that this Association, here assem- 

 bled, petition the Minister of the Interior to re- 

 store the annual grant of $4,000 hitherto given 

 to the Association's work, and recently sus- 

 pended." 



BRIDGE RIVER VALLEY ABOVE CANON, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



