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Thu early construction of the Transcontinental Railway, 

 and of other railways, through our northern forested districts 

 and the consequent opening of those districts to general traffic, 

 will increase the danger from fire which has already been a most 

 active agent of destruction. 



These conditions are not new; they have from time to time 

 received public attention, and during the Session just closed 

 Parliament authorized the summoning of a convention for the 

 more thorough discussion of the same, 



I therefore hereby call a public convention to meet in the 

 City of Ottawa on the 10th, 11th and 12th of January, 1906, 

 under the auspices of the Canadian Forestry Association, and 

 to this convention are specially invited: 



Members of the Senate and House of Commons, 

 Lieutenant-Governors of the Provinces, 

 Members of Legislative Councils and Legislative Assemblies 

 of the Provinces, 



Dominion and Provincial Forest Officials, 

 Members of the Canadian Forestry Association, 

 Representatives of Lumbermen's Associations, 

 Representatives of Boards of Trade, 

 Representatives of Universities, 

 Representatives of Agricultural Colleges, 

 Representatives of Farmers' Institutes, 

 Representatives of Railway Companies, 

 Representatives of the Canadian Mining Institute, 

 Representatives of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, 

 Representatives of Associations of Land Surveyors, 

 Representatives of Fish and Game Associations, and 

 All others who take an interest in Forestry. 



An invitation is also extended to the Bureau of Forestry 

 of the United States, the American Forestry Association and 

 the State Forestry Bureaus and Associations to send representa- 

 tives to this Convention. 



WILFRID LAURIER. 



