CANADIAN FORESTRY MEETING 



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It was found that in working of the 

 shortleaf pine uplands it was possible 

 to .run about four miles of line in a 

 day and collect all of the above data, 

 thus covering 320 acres. 



From every standpoint the work was 

 a success. We had a chance to learn 

 a great deal about locating old lines 

 in the woods, of mapping in a wooded 

 country, and other things which go far 



in making a man efficient in woods 

 work. But most of all we gathered an 

 idea of how timber estimating ought to 

 be carried on, and found ourselves 

 finally able to make a respectable show- 

 ing in the work. We had a very fair 

 idea of the shortleaf pine country when 

 we finally said good bye to Trinity and 

 started for the North. 



CANADIAN FORESTRY MEETING 



CHE Forestry meeting which is to 

 be held at Victoria, B. C., Sept. 4, 

 5 and 6, is the Fourteenth Annual 

 convention of the Canadian Forestry 

 Association which meets in British 

 Columbia upon the invitation of the 

 Government of that province. This is 

 the first time since 1906 that the Ca- 

 nadian Forestry Association has met 

 further West than Regina, its gather- 

 ings having been held in the interval 

 in the big eastern lumber centers such 

 as Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, 

 and Fredericton. 



One of the chief subjects of discus- 

 sion will be furnished by the new forest 

 law which has just been enacted by the 

 Government of British Columbia, and 

 the organization and scope of the 

 British Columbia Forest Service now 

 being established. The relation of this 

 law and this service to the lumbermen 

 in the mountains and on the coast, and 

 to the railways will be set forth, and 

 some points, no doubt, keenly debated. 

 The Government is taking a keen in- 



terest in this convention owing to the 

 immense importance of the forests of 

 British Columbia and the large revenue 

 which they bring in to the province. Sir 

 Richard McBride, the Premier, and 

 Hon. W. R. Ross, the Minister of 

 Lands, will address the Convention 

 upon the law as it affects their depart- 

 ments. The lumbermen and the rail- 

 ways will be well represented by those 

 qualified to speak from their respective 

 positions. Quite a large number of 

 prominent men in forest administration 

 and lumbering are expected to attend 

 from Eastern Canada, as well as from 

 points nearer the Pacific Coast, and a 

 number are also expected from the 

 United States. 



It is proposed to begin with a re- 

 ception on the evening of Sept. 4, fol- 

 lowed by regular sessions in the morn- 

 ings and afternoons of September 5 and 

 6, concluding with a banquet on the 

 evening of September 6. Delegates 

 from the United States will be cordially 

 welcomed and given full opportunity to 

 participate in the discussions. 



IRRIGATION FOR NEW SOUTH WALES 



Mr. N. R. W. Nielsen, formerly minister for lands, who represented the \'ew South 

 Wales Government at the Chicago Irrigation Congress and after-sards eoniuricd an in- 

 vestigation into the irrigation methods of the United States, has issued a report in which 

 he says that the eastern coast of Australia can be made quite as productive as any similar 

 area in the United States or Canada. He recommends that the Government undertake 

 extensive irrigation works, declaring that the cost of these would be amply repaid. 



