The University SHI. l'Q5 



sion be acted ttpon aaid a TniTH on acres -of fOTsmraeirt land be 

 set aside as a Txnrrersity endo"«vTaeiLt, 'half tiie araDirnt unfit 'tie 

 made xtp of -yrr^rD. foiBSt and "half of "hrmhiered and '\jxim&6. crrer 

 lands. The virgin forest siiDtild incl-a.de pine, spruce and 'hsT'^ 

 isrood lands- Tte lan.ds that ba-ve been h nnb ered or burned orer 

 wonld afford ample opportimity iar e:Q)enmeiital -work. ?0!r 

 immediate practical resnlts Txrgin forest is essential . The ap- 

 paffing waste, the recMess disregard of ftrttrre needs "srhicli 

 characterize most, if not aDL, forest operatiDns in Canada, "srill 

 continue -until practical demonstraticr csn "be rrisde on a lai^ 

 scale of the cntting and seTFmg of * : " ' " .ndea- con- 

 ditions lirlrich -sfonld ensure tbe pe3p>i:_:_ : - "t^st and at 

 the same -trrmf^ Tield tie fnH value of tiie tra^ cirt. Sncii d em o n- 

 stration could be made exery year by those "wio -were responsible 

 for the administration of "the endonssanent lands, l3iie amDnnl of 

 timber cut depending of canrse -npon the needs of the TrnrrsTsitT- 

 In o"thfir -vv-ords an endoirment of virgin forest lan'ds -^otLid tT^r . ibe 

 a lar^e and annuallT increasing revenxie available from the msL 



Of almost equal importance -witii lie endo-*rmsnt it^lf is 

 -the tennre -nnder Tsrhicli tbe lands -n-rig bt be beld bx the Board of 

 Governors of the ITniversity. If the - ' ' ■ - :, - - - -r safe- 



gTiarded in sndi a "wav as to -rnalre it -:_ - - ' * ^Jd c£ 



Governors, or "those acting f'or them, xo yixzc^hsitzr -~e the 



forest -vrhile realizing on the standing timb>er.. -the _^ ^'bt be 



given to the University otrtright. bat in any case no satsiartary 

 results conld be boped for nnder a grant of less than nfiy ysais, 

 A lease for one btmdred years -vronld te better. -«rith provisian &r 

 rene-wal if all "the conditions rmder — -- • - —- 7—'- "^as made 

 had been Hved -np to. If it -were pro-- 'osed sales 



of timber shonld be approved by the ^-ir'j.t£.r_Lr-' '■^^- 



Co-andl and that after a carefnl estimate of the g- ^r 



no more sbonld be rat eacb year than -w^onld be r-: " "'e 



s-n-nnal groivtb. the management of "the land r:- . - r*^ 



left to the Board of Govemoi^, the greater part of the acmrms- 

 trative -^eort faHrng, of conrse., to its Forest Department.^ 



Good resnlts cannot be expe-cted of anv school of forestry 

 ■orhich bas not nnder its :■""•'"'■ ' • ' - -i c tical 



"work C3J1 be carried on . ' -estry 



in a ne"5r cotmtrv lite Canaoa :.i~ nC'i re-: ^'~ 



vation. To cut the trees that may bf r- ~o 



market tbem to the best advantage ^oimg 



standing timber shonld be the ciief ' __ '^'f the 



management of large forest areas. 5 -: L nrrersrry Board 



of Governors be given c- " "- the „-_ r ;:jey bave asked -or. 



tbe "orork of their Foref -ment "would be of inestimable 



valne to the government u£';-:-riment- ■ ■ - : ' "-est lands, 



not in Ontario alone, but in everr -par- 



