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Hon. James Dunsmuir, 

 Lieutenant-Governor, who was the next speaker, said: 



"Your Excellency, Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, — 

 It is with the greatest pleasure that I welcome the delegates of 

 the Canadian Forestry Association here to-day, who have as- 

 sembled from all parts of the Dominion in this city of Vancouver 

 to discuss a subject that is in this Province second to none in 

 any other portion of the continent. (Applause.) Many of you 

 are visiting this coast for the first time, and cannot fail to be 

 impressed with the widespread development that is going on 

 throughout the West in which the lumber industry plays a very 

 prominent part. Graced by the pre.sence of His Excellency, the 

 Governor-General, and surrounded by every evidence of pros- 

 perity, you are met in a vigorous city that is springing up as if 

 by magic. Surely there is no better place for the inauguration 

 of your labors. (Applause.) I feel sure that in His Excellency 

 the Governor-General, the Forestry Association will have a friend 

 who knows, from his extensive travels throughout the Dominion, 

 how enormous are the extent and values of our forests, and un- 

 doubtedly his influence will be most favorably directed. (Ap- 

 plause.) Allow me to congratulate the Association on the great 

 work it has already accomplished in awakening the public in- 

 terest in forestry, and let me assure you, gentlemen, that you 

 have my sincere good wishes. I trust that your deliberations 

 will bring forth results that will be beneficial, not only to 

 British Columbia, but to Canada as a whole." (Applause.) 



Premier McBride 



said it was indeed a great privilege to be invited to be present at 

 the meeting of the Association and to take some part in the 

 opening proceedings. ?Ie was interested because it was essenti- 

 ally a business concern. "Your conventions," he said, "are 

 not given to those formalities which are experienced in the West 

 from time to time in public gatherings of this kind. It is more 

 than an ordinary privilege to take part in the opening proceed- 

 ings, and as a Canadian resident of British Columbia, I am proud 

 to be on the platform side by side with the representative of King 

 Edward VII. The Association, so far as it has been successful in 

 finding the eye of the representative of the King in Canada, is a 

 most fortunate body indeed. I listened with a great deal of 

 interest to the words of the President when he referred in flatter- 

 ing terms to the work of Lord Grey's predecessor, Lord Minto, 

 and he had also listened to His Excellency's words at the meeting 

 in Ottawa not so very long ago, pointing conclusively to the fact 

 that this subject is engaging a great deal of attention in this 

 Dominion of ours. In regard to the meeting place, I feel satisfied 



