Vol. II. May, 1906. No. 2 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CANADIAN 

 FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



The Annual Meeting of the Canadian Forestry Association 

 was held at Ottawa on the 9th March. Among those present 

 were the President, Mr. E. G. Joly deLotbiniere, Hiram Robinson, 

 J. F. Ellis, Professor John Macoun, Wm. Little, H. M. Price, 

 E. Stewart, W. C. J. Hall, Mr. MacLeod, Miss. M Robinson' 

 J. M. Macoun, Roland D. Craig, H. C. Wallin, R. H. Campbell. 



The report of the Board of Directors was read bv the Sec- 

 retary as follows : — 



REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE 

 CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



Your Board beg to submit their report for the year 1905-06, 

 and in doing so can congratulate the Association on the most 

 successful year in its history. It is a subject for some pride to 

 look back to the beginnings of this Association in 1900 when it 

 commenced its career with a handful of members and made its 

 appeal to a public which hardly understood even what the word 

 forestry meant, with its present position, supported bv a member- 

 ship of nearly 1,200 representatives of the whole Dominion and 

 with an aroused public opinion which is ready to listen and anxi- 

 ous to learn. 



Forestry Convention. 



The most notable event in the past year's history is the 

 Canadian Forestry Convention which was held at Ottawa on the 

 10th, 1 1th and 12th January, 1906. This Convention was called 

 by the Right Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister 

 of Canada, in accordance with the suggestion conveved by him 

 to the last Annual Meeting of the Forestry Association and 

 the call was responded to by a large and representative gather- 

 ing, which discussed forestry questions for a period of three 



