Illustrated Canadian Forestry Magazine. December. iq20 



Progress of the Empire For estry 

 Association 



579 



The Empire Forestry Association has 

 "become a working reality. The liead- 

 quarters of the Society are in London, 

 with Mr. M. C. Duchesne, a most cap- 

 able representative, as Honorary Secre- 

 tary. 



An interim committee was elected, 

 consisting of the following: — 



The Earl of Plymouth, the Earl of 

 Selborne, Sir John Stirling Maxwell, 

 Bt., and Lieut. -Col. G. L. Courthope, 

 M.C., ALP., representing the United 

 Kingdom. 



The Duke of Devonshire. Mr. Rob- 

 son Black, and Col. Beckett represent- 

 ing Canada. 



Sir Claud Hille, K.C.S.L, CLE., re- 

 presenting India. 



Sir Mayson Beeton, K.B.IE., repre- 

 senting Newfoundland. 



Mr. H. R. Mackay, representing Aus- 

 tralia. 



Lord Islington, representing Xew 

 Zealand. 



Lord l>uxton, representing South 

 Africa. 



The temporary offices of the Empire 

 Forestry Association are at 17 X'ictoria 

 Street, S.W., London. 



The chief object of the Empire For- 

 estry Association is to promote and de- 

 velop public interest in forestry through- 

 out the em])ire. The specific purpo^i-^^ 

 may be enumerated as follows: — 

 L — To create interest in and circulate 

 information relating to I'orcstry 

 amongst all classes in the r.i"iti--h 

 Empire. 

 2. — To bring alx^U better ])ublic recng- 

 nititm of the i(lentit\- nf iiUerest be- 

 tween coiuimious timber supplies. 

 and svstcmatic fc^rest management, 

 and to spread information relating 



to the commercial utilization of Em- 

 pire-grown timbers. 

 3. — To form a centre for the Empire 

 for those engaged in Forestry, and 

 create a means of communication 

 between the various sections in all 

 parts of the Empire. 

 Membership is open to organizations 

 and firms and individuals interested in 

 forestry or in the commercial utilization 

 of timber and other forest products. 



The Canadian I*"orestry Magazine be- 

 lieves that the Empire Forestry Asso- 

 ciation, which has intentionally avoided 

 identification with C]k)vernment forestry 

 bodies in the interests of greater free- 

 dom of action, is certain to perform a 

 service of far-reaching importance. Not 

 only will there be cultivated a popular 

 interest in the necessity for construc- 

 tive forestry policies in all parts of the 

 Empire as a matter of mutual safety 

 and prosperit}-. but the work of such 

 an association is botmd sooner or later 

 to affect the trend of Empire trade in 

 fore>t ])roducts and bring about closer 

 commercial relations between the L^nit- 

 ed Kingdom, which is the great con- 

 >uming centre of wood jiroducts. and 

 such fields of potential supplv as Can- 

 ada. 



Tlu' aliiiiiiloiit li i.iiiii. .1 l.iniili.ii ^i^lil III many 

 l>arts of the Dominion. This illustrates the double 

 pen.ilty of allowing settlers to t.ike up land not pre- 

 viousl.v examined and classified. It is a startlinf; 

 fact that C'anaila has more acns orininally cleared 

 for farniini; that must now he I'Ul hack under timber 

 than she has land under timber that can he made 

 useful for agrriculture. 



