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days. The interest taken in the proceedings by His Excellency 

 the Governor General, by the Prime Minister, who personally 

 presided over its deliberations, and by Mr. R. L. Borden, leader 

 of the Dominion opposition, assisted much towards its success, 

 and the Forestry Association, under whose auspices the Con- 

 vention was held, owe the heartiest thanks to them and to 

 those who assisted by the reading of papers and in other ways 

 to the splendid result. The representative character of the 

 Convention, composed as it was of clergymen, politicians, lumber- 

 men, business men, educators, farmers, scientists, journalists, 

 means that the effects will be far reaching. ' The success of this 

 Convention means the opening of a large opportunity to this 

 Association to advance the forestry movement and full advant- 

 age should be taken of the occasion to further the objects for 

 which it exists. 



Membership. 



In view of the Convention, a special effort was made during 

 last year to increase the membership of the Association by send- 

 ing out circulars of invitation and otherwise, and as a consequence 

 of this w^ork and the interest aroused by the Convention, the 

 number of members has been increased from 562, as reported 

 last year, to 1,161. In this connection the support given by the 

 Banks to the Association deserves special recognition. The 

 following Banks have paid the fees for membership of their 

 Managers in the Association: Bank of Commerce, Merchants' 

 Bank, Bank of Montreal. A comparative statement of the 

 membership for the last two years follows : — 



1905 1906 



Nova Scotia 21 67 



New Brunswick —. 22 77 



Prince Edward Island... 3 6 



Quebec .- 113 225 



Ontario 187 368 



Manitoba.......' 72 115 



Assiniboia 22 | -_ 



Saskatchewan.-... — - 4 ( 



Alberta 42 90 



British Columbia 32 85 



Yukon 2 



Newfoundland 1 1 



United States - - 32 56 



Other Countries 11 13 



562 1,158 

 Life Members 39 



