Olanabian iFor^atr^ JournaL 



Vol. I. October, 1905. No. 4 



CANADIAN FORESTRY CONVENTION. 



OTTAVM, 10th, 11th and 12th JANUARY, 1906. 



OFFICIAL CALL. 



Office of the Prime Minister of Canada, 



Ottawa, 2lst August. 1905. 



To the Public of the Dominion of Canada: 



Canada possesses one of the largest areas of virgin forest 

 of any country in the world and is ranked by European experts 

 first, or among the first, of the important sources of the world's 

 timber supply for the future. 



The preservation of the streams in perennial and constant 

 flow, which is largely controlled by the forests on the water- 

 sheds, will have an important influence on the industrial and 

 agricultural development of the Dominion. The expansion of 

 our electrical and mechanical industries will he regulated to a 

 great extent by water, which forms the greatest source of power 

 in all countries, and some of our western districts are dependent 

 on irrigation to ensure the success of agricultural operations. 



In all the older provinces the clearing of the soil has been 

 carried to such an extent that the ill effects on the water supply 

 and on agriculture are clearly marked, while on the western 

 prairies the need of sheltering trees for houses and fields is ser- 

 iously felt by the settlers. 



