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forest reserve Act, and it was in these terms, that we would have a general Act, which 

 had not existed l>efore (we had the power before to set aside by Order in Council). 

 We wanted something more than that something more than an Order in Council, 

 because the difficulty with an Order in Council was that influence was brought to 

 bear on the government to have certain areas taken out of the reserve, and it was such 

 an easy matter to pass another Order in Council, whereas an Act of parliament would 

 remove the influence altogether. If it recommended a certain number of those re- 

 serves to be set aside, they would be set aside, and there would be no exception to it. 



This was one of the suggestions I made to the minister some time ago. After 

 consideration of the whole matter, I was of the opinion that it was better that we 

 should have one general Act of parliament, giving the Governor in Council power 

 to set aside reserves whenever it was considered necessary. I spoke : tc the minister 

 about it, and he said, ' That does not cover it; the Order in Council can be set aside 

 by another Order in Council.' I said, ' Can't you specify that another Order in Coun- 

 cil shall not interfere with this special Act of parliament, ate that the Order shall 

 have the same effect ao an Act of parliament?' He said that it could be done. We 

 have had the Act prepared, and it is there waiting presentation to the House, and 

 when we get that granted we shall ask the Governor General in Council to set aside 

 those areas, and it will have the effect of an Act of parliament, and will meet the diffi- 

 culty of having to have a special Act for every reserve that we wish to set aside. 



With reference to the province, I have a resolution here that I think will be in 

 order. I think the members from British Columbia will be pleased to have a resolu- 

 tion passed at this meeting, endorsing the resolution passed by the committee some 







time ago. I do not think that we are going beyond what we should do in passing 

 such a resolution, and I think it will only strengthen the hands of the ministers of 

 the provincial government in carrying out the policy which I know they are anxious 

 to do. 



Mr. Green, who is Commissioner of Lands and Works in British Columbia, said 

 last season that he intended to take the matter up this year. I hope it will be done, 

 and that the province will no longer be disgraced by such fearful loss of valuable 

 timber as has taken place within the last few years. 



I will put the resolution before the association in the usual way. 



Dr. SCHENCK. Gentlemen, the forestal interests represented by me are not 

 a36thetic in character, nor do they deal with beautiful grounds. It is business forestry 

 in which I am engaged, or forestry from the investor's standpoint, forestry from a 

 commercial standpoint. 



It is my opinion that this country requires the preservation of forests on a large 

 scale not, perhaps, so much the preservation of the forest as the preservation of 

 forestal production. Forestry on a large scale, without doubt, has no birthright 

 in this country, unless it is found to be, or else is made to be, a remunerative invest- 

 ment. Thus it is that I advocate forestry on business lines parallel to those pursued 

 by the agriculturist in the field. 



