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est policy of New Brunswick, under the following heads: (i) 

 more effectual means for protection from fires; (2) the separa- 

 tion of timber lands froni agricultural lands; (3) a carefully 

 selected corps of foresters, permanently employed ; (4) restric- 

 tions as to the cutting of undersized timber, and concluded as 

 follows : — 



" New Brunswick has yet a noble heritage in her forests. 

 Let us then work together to prescrv^e this heritage so that we 

 ourselves and future generations may reap the benefits which 

 nature has so lavishly bestowed. In conclusion let us not forget 

 the old Scotch saying : — 



" Be aye stickin' in a tree, it'll be growin' when ye're 

 sleepin'." 



Great interest was excited by the reading of a telegram re- 

 ceived by the President from Hon. W. C. Edwards, in which it 

 was stated that Sir Wilfrid Laurier wished to have a Forestry 

 Convention in Ottawa, during the coming summer or autumn. 

 A resolution expressing the gratification of the Association at 

 this announcement, and its readiness to assist in the proposed 

 convention was unanimously adopted. 



The banquet tendered to the visiting delegates at the Chateau 

 Frontenac on Thursday evening, by the members of the Associa- 

 tion in Quebec, was an unqualified success, and hearty thanks 

 were tendered to the hosts for their splendid reception. Excel- 

 lent speeches were made in response to the toasts by represen- 

 tatives of the Dominion, the different Provinces and the United 

 States. Perhaps the brightest remark was made by Monseigneur 

 Laflamme when, referring to the paper on Forest Insects read 

 earlier in the day, he stated that three very destructive bugs had not 

 been mentioned, namely Ignoratio commimis, Indifferentia genera- 

 lis and Iniiuentia politica. Fpr the two former, education and 

 public discussion are the remedies. For the last the Reverend 

 Abbe had no specific to offer. 



On Friday morning a paper on Forestry in Nova 

 Scotia, prepared by Hon. J. W. Longley, Commissioner 

 of Crown Lands, was, in the absence of Dr. Longley, 

 read by the Secretary. The quantity of land available 



