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his regret at not being able to be present, and extended a warm welcome to any mem- 

 bers of the association visiting Austria. 



KEPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



The report of the board of directors was read by the secretary as follows : 



The boaro! of directors of the Canadian Forestry Association beg to submit their 

 report for the year 1904-05. 



The report of the last annual meeting was published at the Government Print- 

 ing Bureau through the kindness and at the expense of the Forestry branch of the 

 Department of the Interior. This report has been distributed as usual to the members 

 of the association, members of the legislative bodies throughout the Dominion, the 

 press and others. The annual report places the proceedings and deliberations in a 

 permanent form, and makes them available for reference and study. The report for 

 the past year is well up to the character of previous reports, both in material and 

 illustrations, and the thanks of the association are due to the Dominion Superinten- 

 dent of Forestry for so kindly arranging to carry what would have otherwise been n 

 necessary but heavy expense to the association. 



The following were appointed as vice-presidents for the year: Ontario, Hon. E. 

 J. Davis; Quebec, Hon. S. N. Parent; New Brunswick, His Honour J. B. Snowball. 

 Lieutenant-Governor ; Nova Scotia, Hon. J. W. Longley; Prince Edward Island, Rev. 

 A. E. Burke; Manitoba, Major Stewart Mulvey; Assiniboia, His Honour A. E. For 

 get, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-west Territories; Alberta, Wm. Pearce, Cal 

 gary; Athabasca, F. D. Wilson, Fort Vermilion; British Columbia, Hon. Hewitt Bos 

 tock ; Keewatin, the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba. 



During the year the association has lost some of its most active members by 

 death. Mr. John Bertram, a member of the board, and one of the strongest suppor- 

 ters of the association, passed away after a lingering illness. He took a large and 

 helpful part in the proceedings of the last annual meeting, and the papers he has pre- 

 sented to the association at different meetings have had a strong influence in the form- 

 ation of public opinion on forestry and the shaping of the forest policy of Canada. 

 As a member of the Ontario Forest Commission he did good service to his own pro- 

 vince, and he had been called to exercise his talents in a wider sphere as chairman of 

 the Dominion Transportation Commission. His loss will be felt through a wide circle, 

 both in public life and among his more intimate friends. Dr. W. H. Muldrew, who 

 was also present at the last annual meeting, died suddenly in October after only a 

 few days' illness. As dean of the Macdonald Institute at Guelph, he was beginning 

 the development of a work in nature study that promised much for the future inter- 

 est of children in the trees and natural objects. Mr. W. C. Caldwell, M.P.P., of 

 Lanark, and Colonel Thos. Higginson, of Vankleek Hill, both leading lumbermen, and 

 members of the association, have also died during the year. 



We are sure that all the members of the association will sympathize fully with 

 our honoured first president. His Honour Sir Henri Joly de Lotbiniere, and with our 

 vice-president, Mr. E. G. Joly <Je Lotbiniere, in the loss they have sustained in the 

 past year by the death of Lady Joly de Lotbiniere. The board have conveyed an ex- 

 pression of their sympathy to the bereaved relatives. 



MEMBERSHIP. 



The secretary has made a special effort during the year to increase the member- 

 ship of the association by the sending out of copies of the annual report and invita- 

 tions to membership in the association to persons whose names were submitted by 

 members. The result has been fairly satisfactory, and has resulted in a considerable 

 increase in membership. This has been somewhat discounted by a falling off in Mani- 



