Canadian Forestry Journal 



Vol. V. 



June, 1909. 



No. 



The Regina Meeting. 



Upon invitation of the Regina City 

 Council and Board of Trade it has been 

 decided to hold a special meeting of the 

 Canadian Forestry Association in Regina 

 on Sept. 3rd and 4th. A good program 

 of papers and addresses is being ar- 

 ranged dealing particularly with western 

 conditions. There will be special rail- 

 way rates from east to west because of 

 the meeting of the British Association 

 in Winnipeg, Aug. 2 5th to Sept. 1st, 



and it is expected there will be special 

 local rates. Those taking in the Seattle 

 ExJiibition will also be able to stop at 

 Regina either going or coming. All 

 members of the Association and the 

 friends of forestry generally are invited 

 to attend this meeting. Those who in- 

 tend to be present, especially those liv- 

 ing in the east, would confer a favor by 

 communicating this fact to the secretary. 



Appointment of Permanent Secretary 



At the tenth annual meeting of the 

 Canadian Forestry Association held in 

 Ottawa on March 11th, it was decided 

 that the time had come to carry out a 

 more active propaganda in connection 

 with the work of the Association. The 

 directors were instructed to secure the 

 services of a competent man to act as 

 permanent and paid secretary, who 

 would give his whole tiine to the work 

 of educating the public to the import- 

 ance of the forestry movement and the 

 work done by the Association. 



A special committee composed of Dr. 

 Fernow, Dean of the Faculty of Forestry 

 of the University of Toronto, Mr. G. Y. 

 Chown, Registrar of Queen's University, 

 Kingston, and Mr. R. H. Campbell, Do- 

 minion Superintendent of Forestry, 

 Ottawa, was appointed to make a 

 recommendation to the board of direc- 

 tors. This committee considered a 

 number of names and finally reported, 

 recommending Mr. James Lawler, a 

 journalist, as the most suitable man for 

 the position. 



A meeting of the directors was held in 

 Toronto on April 20th to consider the 



report of the special committee. At 

 this meeting Mr. A. H. D. Ross, who 

 had acted as the very efficient secretary 

 of the Association for the preceding 

 year, but who, because of his position 

 as lecturer in the faculty of forestry of 

 the University of Toronto was unable 

 to give his whole time to the work, 

 tendered his resignation. This w^as ac- 

 cepted with complimentary references 

 to Mr. Ross's work and Mr. Lawler was 

 appointed and instructed to begin work 

 on May 1st. 



Mr. Lawler comes highly recom- 

 mended. He has had newspaper ex- 

 perience in Winnipeg, Toronto and 

 Ottawa, and has for some years made a 

 study of forestry, particularly on its 

 economic side. In addition to attend- 

 ing to the correspondence of the Asso- 

 ciation and taking part in the prepara- 

 tion and dissemination of its literature 

 he will also conduct a campaign to ex- 

 tend the membership. 



Part of the propaganda work of the 

 Association will take the form of lec- 

 tures, illustrated by lantern slides, to be 

 delivered by the secretary b?fore clubs. 



