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our magnificent game-animals, such as the moose, elk, and car- 

 ibou are being destroyed, and we hope to be able to afiford them 

 such protection in these forests and game reserves that they 

 shall not have a similar fate to that of the buffalo." 



Mr. R. S. Cook of Prince Albert, speaking as one charged 

 with the care of the vast timber interests of Saskatchewan, had 

 a word to say. In his province they had immense tracts of 

 timber north of the Saskatchewan River, and when travelling 

 over these he was struck by the enormous waste from fires. 

 They cut about 50,000,000 feet at one mill in Prince Albert 

 annually, but this amount was a trifle compared to that wasted 

 by fire. He thought it would be a good thing if the services of 

 the Northwest Mounted Police were enlisted in fighting fire, 

 because the Indians stood in awe of a Mounted Policeman. In 

 the northern part of Saskatchewan he had seen more timber 

 destroyed by fire in a year than would supply the whole southern 

 part of the province and Alberta with the lumber they needed. 



Hon. F. J. Sweeney, Surveyor-General for the Province 

 of New Brunswick, said that they provided for reforestration 

 on Government reserves in his province by allowing the lum- 

 bermen to cut no trees less than ten inches in diameter 

 three feet above the ground. They provided against fires by 

 appointing fire rangers and assigning to them districts which 

 they were supposed to visit at certain periods. In addition to 

 this the}^ also prohibited hunters from going into the woods 

 during the close seasons which corresponded with the warm 

 weather. They had also framed laws in connection with the 

 public domain to prevent settlers or squatters going on land that 

 was useful for timber but unfit for purposes of settlement. When 

 a settler made apphcation for land, they had it examined by an 

 inspector, who reported upon it before it was allotted. 



Mr. Lindmark (Revelstoke) called attention to the necessity 

 of doing something for the prevention of fires. A great danger 

 lay in the cuttings left on the ground. In his camp they had 

 taken to gathering the cuttings together in the fall and after 

 placing a guard round them had burnt them. This served two 

 purposes. First, it lessened the danger of fire, and secondly, it 

 cleared the ground for the growth of young plants. The con- 

 vention should prove a stimulus to the adoption of better methods 

 of forestry. As an instance of one improvement it had brought 

 about, he' mentioned that last year they had asked that all log- 

 sealers should be made Deputy Fire Wardens. The Govern- 

 ment had adopted the suggestion and he gave instances to show 

 that it had been of great service in checking fires. He also hoped 

 in time that they would have a School of Forestry in B.C., as 

 they had in his native country, Sweden, where it had been of 



