Canadian Forestry Journal 



Vol. V. 



October, 1909. 



No. 3 



The Coming Convention. 



Sir. Wilfrid Laurier, Premier of Can- 

 ada and Honorary President of the 

 Canadian Foi-estry Association, has an- 

 nounced that a convention in the in- 

 terests of the conservation of the forests 

 and other natural resources of the Do- 

 minion will shortly be held in Montreal. 

 The date had not yet been fixed at the 

 time of going to press. 



Following the passage of the bill to 

 provide for the formation of a Canadian 



Conservation Commission and the sub- 

 sequent appointment of the commission, 

 as noticed elsewhere in this issue, this 

 is an important advance in the direction 

 of the formation of a pcHcy of proper 

 management and economical use of the 

 resources of the Dominion, and as such 

 the convention should receive the 

 hearty support of the members of the 

 Canadian Forestry Association. Further 

 particulars will shortly be announced. 



The Regina Meeting. 



The special meeting of the Canadian 

 Forestry Association which convened at 

 Regina on Friday, Sept. 3rd, proved to 

 be a thoroughly successful one. The 

 highest officials of the province lent the 

 weight of their presence and hearty 

 commendation to the occasion, and at 

 both the day and evening sessions on 

 Friday large numbers of citizens also 

 were present. The day sessions were 

 held in the spacious Council Chamber of 

 the Regina City Hall, and at the opening 

 meeting on Friday morning this was 

 well filled, about two hundred persons 

 being present, many of whom were 

 ladies. The attendance of a large 

 number of the Normal School students 

 was a much appreciated feature and 

 one from which good results will no 

 doubt follow. The lectures in the even- 

 ing were given in the large auditoriurn 

 of the same building and were also 

 largely attended. 



The excursion to Indian Head on the 

 following day and the visits to the 

 Forest Nursery Station and the Experi- 

 mental Farm were well patronized and 

 the wonderful ]irogress made at each 



of these placts won high praise from the 

 visitors. Especially was this the case 

 at the Forest Nursery Station, where 

 the beautiful grounds of the station and 

 the various experimental plantations 

 were viewed with inten.se interest. It 

 was indeed hard to realize that five 

 years ago there had been but bare prairie 

 where now was to be seen beautiful 

 lawns and flowers and a wealth of trees 

 and shrubbery, and many were the 

 words of praise uttered for Mr. N. M. 

 Ross and his corps of helpers at the 

 station. 



The Opening Session. 

 The first session of the convention 

 opened at ten o'clock on Friday morn- 

 ing, Sept. 3rd, in the Council Chamber 

 of the City Hall, Regina, the chair being 

 occupied by Hon. W. T. Pipes, Attorney- 

 General and Commissioner of Crown 

 Lands for No\'a Scotia and Vice-Presi- 

 dent of the Association for that Province 

 The President, Mr. Thos. South worth, 

 of Toronto, had found it impossible to 

 attend the convention owing to pressing 

 business engagements in the East. 



