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Gun is somewhat the same difficulty that has been suggested here, that is that it is 

 more rod ami gun than the forest. If the title were modified, and if the part devoted 

 to fur.-j.tric i: ran jjivrn. a> ha- Kvn suggested, a distinct heading, and if the 



readers could always count upon having something interesting under that heading, I 

 think the present arraim< nicnt would work out very well. 



Mr. LITTLE. I think we should endeavour to get along for the present year. We 

 may stand better another year, but for the present I think we should go on just as we 

 are. 



Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. Chairman, we are travelling over the same old ground in the 

 matters we are bringing up in connection with the arrangement with Rod and Gun, 

 It was arranged that there should be a special department of that publication devoted 

 to forestry and the interests of the Association, for which we were to pay them at the 

 rate of 50 cents a year for each member. That arrangement existed for a short time, 

 and thru, without consulting us, the articles were all mixed up in the paper without 

 regard to the special department. I wrote to the editor of the paper drawing 

 attention to the violation of the agreement, but he said it was impossible to carry out 

 the first arrangement. As I could not make any other agreement, I insisted that there 

 should be some way of bringing the Forestry Association prominently to the front in 

 the magazine, and the arrangement made then was that all articles on forestry should 

 be credited to the Association specially, and that they should give us a full page adver- 

 tisement of the Association in each paper. That we are getting. In regard to the 

 change of title of the paper, we spoke of that too, but it was pointed out that Bod and 

 (Jun in Canada was the title under which the paper had been established and 

 which proved most attractive to those it wished to reach, and that no change could 

 be made. In fact, I have tried all the points mentioned this morning, and it has been 

 impossible to work them out. In regard to a publication of our own, I do not think 

 we are in a position to undertake it. I think we ought to make a strong effort to 

 increase the membership and place ourselves in a better financial position. Then we 

 might possibly be in a position to consider the proposition. Publishing a paper in 

 connection with forestry would entail a great deal of work for some person, and, as 

 far as I am concerned, I would not like to undertake it, whether asked to or not. As 

 far as I have been able, with the time at my disposal, I have endeavoured to edit the 

 matter for Rod and Qun, but I am not a member of the forestry branch, nor can I 

 devote my entire time to the work of the Association. I have to do it largely in 

 addition to and outside of other official duties, and acting as secretary and treasurer 

 and editor, I have not been able to give very much time to the different duties. It is 

 not easy, at the present time, to get articles on forestry. I have communicated with 

 different persons and tried to get such articles, and find it an exceedingly difficult 

 thing to do. It means, generally, that I have to write as many letters and do as much 

 work as if I had written the articles myself, and in some cases, I have not got them at 

 all. It would not be a very easy matter to conduct a paper of that kind, and I hardly 

 think the Association is in a position at the present time to do it. Increase the mem- 

 bership of the Association; get it in a stronger financial position, and then we will be 

 able to do something. 



FATHER BURKE. Can you tell us the circulation of Rod and Gun ? 



