Annual Meeting of the Canadian Forestry Association. 65 



The examination made by the inspectors last season showed 

 that about 85% of all hitherto distributed were then growing. 



In Ontario, in connection with the Agricultural College, 

 preparations are being made for a supply of trees for distribu- 

 tion in that province, a nursery for that purpose having been 

 established. 



Forest Reserves. 



An advance step which has been made in connection with 

 the administration of the Dominion Forest Reserves is the 

 commencement of a regular timber survey. The survey of 

 the Turtle and Moose Mountain Reserves was completed and it 

 is the intention to continue the work next season on the large 

 reserve in the Riding Mountain. The value of such an examina- 

 tion will be to give data as to the quantities of dry and green 

 timber on each reserve, the different species and the annual 

 growth of each species. 



Experiments are being made in Nova Scotia by private 

 persons in the reseeding of burnt lands with spruce, the seed 

 being imported from Germany. In one case a tract of ten 

 thousand acres is being seeded. 



Forestry Legislation. 



In all the Provincial Legislatures advances in Forest legisla- 

 tion are being foreshadowed and it is expected that the present 

 year will show considerable activity in this respect, both in the 

 Dominion and the Provinces. The Forestry Convention has 

 had a great stimulating effect in this respect. 



Invitations have been received from British Columbia 

 and from the Maritime Provinces for the holding of a Summer 

 meeting of the Forestry Association. These invitations will be 

 submitted. 



The thanks of the Association are due to the press for 

 valuable assistance, and to the railway companies for their 

 kindness in granting single fares for this meeting. 



Respectfully submitted. 



A letter from Mr. R. H. Alexander, Secretary of the British 

 Columbia Lumber and Shingle Manufacturers' Association, 

 was submitted by the Secretary, conveying an invitation to the 

 Forestry Association to meet in Vancouver in June. 



A similar invitation for a meeting at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 

 was received from Rev. A. E. Burke, and was also submitted 

 to the meeting. 



After some discussion it was decided that the invitation 

 from British Columbia should be accepted, provided satisfactory 

 rates could be arranged with the railway companies. 



