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toba and the North-west Territories. Following is a comparative statement of the 

 membership for the past two years : 



1904. 1905. 



Nova Scotia. 14 21 



New Brunswick . . 14 22 



Prince Edward Island 1 3 



Quebec 98 113 



Ontario 134 187 



Manitoba 80 72 



Assiniboia 23 22 



Saskatchewan '. 3 4 



Alberta 60 42 



British Columbia 25 32 



Newfoundland 1 



United States of America 24 32 



England 2 5 



Ireland 1 



India 1 



Honolulu 1 



Grermany 1 1 



Denmark 1 



Austria. . 1 



479 562 

 Life members 33 39 



The receipts for last year were $1,845.77, and the expenditure $930.66, leaving a 

 balance on December 31 last of $915.11. The amount now standing to the credit of 

 the association is $989.75, but against this is the account for the Forestry Journal for 

 January, amounting to $150, and the expense of this meeting, about $100. The thanks 

 of the association are again due to the governments of the provinces of Ontario, Que- 

 bec and British Columbia for the grants given by them to the work of the association. 



OFFICIAL ORGAN. 



In accordance with the instructions of the last annual meeting, your board took 

 steps to arrange for the publication of an official organ to be devoted to the interests 

 of the association and the advancement of the forestry movement generally. 



Tenders were asked from several printing firms, and it was decided to accept that of 

 the Eolla L. Grain Printing Company, of Ottawa, being the lowest, the contract to run 

 for one year. Dr. Wm. Saunders, Professor John Macoun and Mr. E. Stewart were 

 appointed provisionally as an editorial committee, and Mr. R. H. Campbell as editor 

 and business manager. The first number of the Canadian Forestry Journal, the name 

 decided on for the paper, was issued in January, and has been distributed to the mem- 

 bers of the association. The intention is to issue quarterly for the present, with the 

 'hope that the future may lead to a development that will permit a more frequent ap- 

 pearance of the Journal. The board would like to impress on the members of the 

 association the necessity for their rendering every assistance to the editorial manage- 

 ment to make the magazine thoroughly representative and generally useful. 



The whole question of the official organ is submitted for the consideration of the 

 association, and it is desirable to have a full expression of opinion upon it. 



The publications of the association do not, 'however, as yet reach as wide a public 

 as is desirable, and the question of accomplishing this purpose by the publication 

 and distribution of bulletins, by providing material for the public press or by special 

 means for reaching the educational institutions, might be placed in the hands of a 

 special committee for consideration. 



