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Aubrey White, and after preliminary business the report of the 

 Board of Directors was read by the Secretary. 



The report referred to the kindness of the Dominion Bureau 

 of Forestry in having provided for the pubhcation of the Annual 

 Report, an important contribution to the work of the Association, 

 and which took a heavy financial burden from its somewhat in- 

 adequate resources. 



"During the past year the Association lost sevetal of its 

 members by death, prominent among whom were Mr. John Ber- 

 tram, Chairman of the Dominion Transportation Commission, 

 Dr. W. H. Aluldrew, Dean of the Macdonald Institute, ]vlr. W. 

 C. Caldwell, M.P.P., of Lanark, and Col. Thos. Higginson, of 

 Vankleek Hill. Feeling reference was also made to the loss 

 sustained by the honored first President of the Association, His 

 Honour Sir Henri Joly de Lotbiniere, and the Vice-President, 

 Mr. E. G. Joly de Lotbiniere, in the death of Lady Joly de Lot- 

 biniere, which had occurred during the year. The Secretary was 

 instructed to convey the sympathies of the Association rto^^tJie 

 bereaved relatives. 



A special effort had been made in the year 1904 to increase the 

 membership by the sending out of circulars and by other means. 

 The results were on the whole satisfactory, and resulted in a 

 good addition to the membership, making the total 562 as against 

 479 reported at the previous annual meeting. Increases were 

 made in all of the Provinces except Manitoba and Alberta, where 

 there was a slight falling off. Outside of Canada, the United 

 States heads the list with thirty-nine members, and the remainder 

 are scattered among England, Ireland, Newfoundland, India, 

 Honolulu, Germany, Denmark and Austria. 



The receipts for 1904 were $1,845.77, ^^^ the expenditure 

 $930.66, leaving a balance of $915.11. The Association, has again 

 to thank the Governments of the Provinces of Quebec, Ontario 

 and British Columbia, for the generous grants made by them to 

 assist its work. 



The Forestry and Colonization Commission of the Province 

 of Quebec, and the Forestry Commission of Prince Edward 

 Island, presented their reports to their respective Governments 



