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men of the department during the 

 summer. Uncertainty of future em- 

 ployment for the graduates seems to be 

 the chief hindrance to the enlargement 

 of the department. 



The Yale Forest School has de- 

 cided to make a distinct advance in its 

 requirements for entrance. Certain 

 courses now given at the school in 

 botany and drawing will, for all students 

 entering in 1911 and thereafter, be re- 



quired for entrance, and the time now 

 taken for them will be devoted to the 

 extension of the technical work and 

 adA'anced work in various subjects. 

 After the above date graduates of the 

 Sheffield Scientific School of Yale Uni- 

 versity will be required to take two 

 years of graduate work in order to 

 qualify for the degree of Master of 

 Forestry, instead of being able, under 

 certain conditions, to obtain the degree 

 in one year, as at present. 



Directors' Meeting. 



A meeting of the Directors of the 

 Canadian Forestry Association was held 

 at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 14th, 

 in the office of Mr. R. H. Campbell, 

 Superintendent of Forestry, Ottawa 

 Mr. Southworth, of Toronto, President 

 of the Association, occupied the chair 

 and there were also present : Hon. 

 Sydney Fisher, Messrs. E. G. Joly de 

 Lotbiniere, and H. M. Price, of Quebec. 

 Que.; J. B. Miller, of Toronto; Gordon 

 C. Edwards and R. H. Campbell, of 

 Ottawa; Jas. Lawler, secretary, and F. 

 W. H. Jacombe, assistant secretary. 



Mr. R. H. Campbell reported for the 

 committee appointed to engage a per- 

 manent secretary, reporting the engage- 

 ment of Mr. Jas. Lawler for that office. 



The Secretary presented his report 

 for the period since his appointment in 

 April; the report noted an increase in 

 membership of about two hundred and 

 seventy five, the membership of the 

 Association being now somewhat over 

 2,250. The report also noted the work 

 of preparing for and carrying through 

 the Regina convention, and the work 

 of lecturing at Port Arthur, Fort 

 William and Kenora, and also the later 

 tours as noted elsewhere in this issue ; 

 the total number of lectures and ad- 

 dresses so far delivered by the Secretary 

 was twentj'-one. A conden.sed report 

 of the Toronto convention in French 

 had been published and distributed; 

 acknowledgement of assistance received 

 in this work were made to Mgr. J. C. K. 

 Laflamme, Senator Edwards, and 

 Messrs. G. C. Piche, H. M. Price and 

 E. G. Joly de Lotbiniere. 



Much cortsideration had been given 

 to the matter of making the Forestry 



Journal a monthly, but up to that 

 time no decision had been arrived at. 

 Grateful acknowledgement of aid ren- 

 dered by President Southworth, Mr. R. 

 H. Campbell and Dr. Fernow were made, 

 and in this connection special mention 

 and acknowledgement was made of as- 

 sistance given by Mr. A. H. D. Ross, 

 the former secretary of the Association, 

 who had not only given great help to 

 the present secretary in becoming fa- 

 miliar with the business of the Associa- 

 tion, but had carried on all the secre- 

 tarial work up to May 1st, 1909, and 

 had supervised the publication of the 

 annual report for 1909. 



The assistant secretary also reported 

 in regard to the newspaper bulletin ser- 

 vice ; four bulletins and other literature 

 had been sent out, and the number of 

 newspapers and other periodicals on the 

 list now numbered over a thousand. 



It was decided to hold the next an- 

 nual business meeting in Ottawa, the 

 dates, as provided in the constitution, 

 being March 10th and 11th, 1910. The 

 invitation of the Government of New 

 Brunswick to hold a meeting in Fred- 

 ericton -w^as accepted, and a special con- 

 vention will be held at that place on a 

 date to be shortly determined. Notice of 

 motion was also given to change the 

 constitution (Clause VII) so as to pro- 

 vide that the annual meeting be held 

 in Ottawa during February. 



The President and Mr. Miller were 

 appointed a committee to confer with 

 the executive of the Canadian Lumber- 

 men's Association with regard to a 

 change in the time of the annual meet- 

 ing. The latter body holds its annual 

 meeting in the beginning of February; 



