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3. Resolved, that in view of the difficulty in dealing with cases of fires started for 

 the clearing of land and for other purposes, the Canadian Forestry Association beg 

 to respectfully submit to the government of the province of British Columbia that 

 the Bush Fires Act of that province should be amended so as to prohibit the starting 

 of fires except for cooking or other domestic purposes between the first day of May 

 and the first day of November in each year, unless a special permit for the purpose 

 be granted by the forest ranger or other officer appointed for the district in which such 

 permission is asked. 



And that permits for the clearing of land by fire shall only be issued after inspec- 

 tion of the locality by said forest ranger or other officer, and that any forest fire ranger 

 appointed by either the Dominion government or the government of the said province 

 shall have the authority of a constable in dealing with all offences under the said Bush 

 Fires Act. 



4. Resolved, that in view of the difficulty in dealing with cases of fires started 

 for the clearing of land and for other purposes, the Canadian Forestry Association 

 beg to respectfully submit to the government of the province of New Brunswick that 

 the New Brunswick Fire Act of 1885 should be amended so as to prohibit the starting 

 of fires except for cooking or other domestic purposes between the first day of May 

 and the first day of December in each year, unless a special permit for the purpose be 

 granted by the forest ranger or other officer appointed for the district in which such 

 permission is asked. 



And that permits for the clearing of land by fire shall only be issued after inspec- 

 tion of the locality by said forest ranger or other officer; and that any forest fire 

 ranger appointed by the government of the said province shall have the authority of 

 a constable in dealing with all offences under the said Act. 



5. It having been represented to the Canadian Forestry Association that a large 

 part of the right of way of the Intercolonial Railway running through the province 

 of New Brunswick is not cleared of young growth and other combustible material, 

 as provided by section 11 of the New Brunswick Fire Act, passed in the year 1885, 

 which section provides : ' Whenever a railway passes through woods, the railway com- 

 pany or owner, &c., shall clear from off the sides of the roadway, from the lands taken 

 for such railway, or up to the edge of the forest on such lands taken by the said com- 

 pany for said railway, all brushwood, logs, and like combustible material, by burning 

 the same at a safe time, or otherwise removing the same.' 



It is therefore resolved that the attention of the Minister of Railways be called 

 to the above matter, and the Association respectfully asks that steps be taken as soon 

 as possible to clear the right of way of this combustible material. 



Resolutions of thanks were passed to those who had so kindly entertained the 

 Forestry Association in the city of Quebec, to the railway companies for privileges 

 granted, to the press for numerous courtesies, to the governments who had so kindly 

 made grants in support of the work, and to those who had prepared papers for the 

 meeting. 



COL. LOGGIE. I would like to say that there is something that I forgot to tell you 

 yesterday when I was reading my paper, and that is that the province of New Bruns- 

 wick has passed legislation to form a provincial park, or forest reserve. This park 

 contains nine hundred square miles of territory. The Act provided that it be pro- 

 claimed by Order in Council, and the government chose a particular park, but they 

 have never been able to lay it off yet. Perhaps it would be well for this association to 

 draw the attention of the Premier to the fact that it would be well to deal with this 

 matter. We could comprise it in a resolution, and I do not think it would be very much 

 out of place now, seeing that we are dealing with forest reserves. 



