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local manager for ordinary membership, and I am endeavouring to get other banks to 

 do the same. (Applause.) 



The clause of the report dealing with the receipts and expenditure was adopted 

 without discussion. 



THE OFFICIAL ORGAN. 



On the reading of the next clause, dealing with the establishment of an official 

 organ, 



Mr. LITTLB said : I think it would be well to continue the arrangement with 

 Rod and Gun until such time a* we come to a thorough understanding as to what we 

 should do in the future. 



FATHER BURKE. As far as that is concerned, Mr. President, speaking for my- 

 self personally, I cannot see that the present publication is of very much value at all 

 to the spread of forestry about the country. I have received the publication, and occa- 

 sionally a special paper on forestry appears, spread here and there throughout the 

 publication without any regard to the interests of the Association. Besides that the 

 vital work which the Association is doing, that which would bring it into complete 

 contact with the people, is not brought out, and, so far as forestry is concerned, I think 

 the Association might just as well be without an organ at all as such an organ as that. 

 I thipk there is a good deal of information which ought to be spread throughout the 

 country by bulletins from this department. I receive bulletins of the department of 

 forestry from the United States, and I think, with very little trouble a great many of 

 these things could be brought down and adapted to our circumstances, at very little 

 cost, and I think if the Association would take a broad view of this thing and get 

 money enough to get an organ of their own and put things before the country it would 

 increase forestric interest all through the land. 



Mr. JOLT DE LOTBINIERE. I do not think I can entirely agree with the last speaker 

 as far as Rod and Gun and its usefulness to the question of forestry are con- 

 cerned. We all know perfectly well, I think, and will admit it, that if we issue a 

 quarterly, monthly, or a weekly dealing simply with forestry matters, it will not reach 

 the public in a general way. It will interest a certain number of gentlemen who are 

 actively and sincerely interested in forestry. They take that up and study it with 

 care. But we want a medium to bring the matter before the public, and I think an 

 attractive paper or periodical such as Rod and Gun, if we elaborate it a little further, 

 ia exactly the medium to popularize the question and bring it before the people. 

 Rod and Gun has a large circulation, is widely disseminated, and its sphere of influ- 

 ence can be largely increased. Now, we are getting into fairly good financial position 

 at the present moment, and I think perhaps our contribution to Rod and Gun can be 

 largely increased another year, and a large portion of Rod and Gun devoted to 

 forestry and so on, in which everybody takes a certain amount of interest, they will 

 also pay more attention to those questions which are connected with forestry, and I 

 think a publication of that kind is a proper medium to bring the matter before the 

 people. I am in favour of Rod and Gun or any similar publication which will help 

 to popularize forestry. 



