MEETING OF THE CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 187 



the transfer of office men to the field and field men to the office, was recom- 

 mended. 



On the evening of February 7 the joint banquet of the Canadian Forestry 

 Association and the Canadian Lumbermen's Association was held in the 

 Parliamentary Restaurant, attended by about 200 members and friends of 

 the two organizations. Among the prominent men in attendance were 

 Premier Borden, Sir Wilfred Laurier, Hon. Sidney Fisher, Mr. H. M. Price, 

 Mr. Gifford Pinchot, Hon. Geo. E. Foster, Mr. Alexander McLauren, President 

 Lumbermen's Association; Mr. Wm. McNeil, a prominent lumberman of 

 Vancouver; Dr. B. E. Fernow, Dean of the Forestry Department of the 

 University of Toronto; Mr. R. H. Campbell, Superintendent of Forestry for 

 the Dominion of Canada; Mr. Aubrey White, Deputy Minister of Lands 

 and Forests, and Sir Frederick Borden. Mr. Geo. Y. Chown, President of 

 the Forestry Association, acted as Chairman, and toasts were proposed to 

 the King, to Parliament, to the Lumbermen, ''Our Guests," the Forest 

 Services, and the allied interests. 



Among the Canadian members present there was a friendly exchange 

 of persiflage on the recent political changes, but good fellowship and en- 

 thusiasm were the keynote of the convention. The earlier speakers, among 

 whom were Hon. Mr. Fisher, Right Hon. Borden, and Sir Wilfred Laurier, 

 paid high tribute to Mr. Pinchot as representing the highest conservation 

 and forestry interests in the States. Mr. Pinchot, in replying to the toasts, 

 "Our Guests," made a most excellent address on general conservation 

 questions. 



The officers elected by the Forestry Association for the ensuing year 

 were: Honorary past president, Sir Wilfred Laurier; honorary president, 

 Rt. Hon. R. L. Borden; patron, His Royal Highness the Governor-General; 

 president, John Hendry, Vancouver; vice-president, Hon. W. A. Charlton, 

 M. P., Toronto; territorial vice-presidents Ontario, Hon. Mr. Hearst; 

 Quebec, Hon. Jules Allard; New Brunswick, Hon. J. K. Fleming; Nova 

 Scotia, Hon. George H. Murray; Prince Edward Island, Hon. J. A. 

 Mathieson; Manitoba, Hon. R. P. Roblin; Saskatchewan, Hon. A. E. Brown; 

 British Columbia, Hon. W. R. Ross; Yukon, Commissioner Black, McKenzie, 

 F. D. Wilson; Keewatin, Lieutenant-Governor D. C. Cameron; Ungava, the 

 Archbishop of Montreal. 



Board of Directors William Little, Hiram Robinson, Aubrey White, 

 E. Stewart, H. M. Price, W. B. Snowball, Thomas Southworlh, Hon. W. C. 

 Edwards, Hon. Sydney Fisher, R. H. Campbell, J. B. Miller, G. C. Edwards, 

 Dr. B. E. Fernow, Ellwood Wilson, F. C. Whitman, G. C. Piche, Aleck 

 Maclaurin, Carl Riordon, Mgr. Matthieu, Bishop of Regina; A. P. Stevenson, 

 William Pearce, William Power, C. E. E. Ussher, Denis Murphy, C. Jackson 

 Booth, William Price, M. P., J. W. Harkom, A. S. Goodeve, M. P., Senator 

 Bostock, W. C. T. Hall, J. S. Dennis. 



Secretary, James Lawler. 



Treasurer, Miss M. Robinson. 



Assistant secretary, Mr. F. W. H. Jacombe. 



