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aims of conservation from various 

 points of view. An illustrated bro- 

 chure giving a survey of the forest 

 resources of the province, the forest 

 industries, the evidences of fire dam- 

 age, present character of the fire 

 prevention service as compared wilh 

 more modern systems, the advant- 

 ages of supervised cutting and other 

 informative matters calculated to 

 support any Government action for 

 the improvement of the Forest Ser- 

 vice. This was given most careful 

 distribution throughout the province 

 and met with a good reception. 

 Public Meetings 



At midsummer the Secretary held 

 nine public meetings in towns and 

 country places. Good audiences were 

 secured and at the same time a much 

 larger field was reached by extended 

 newspaper notices. Two thousand 

 copies of a 32-page illustrated book- 

 let, "Hon. Premier Livre Sur La 

 Forest," were placed with French- 

 speaking children in the northern 

 areas with a special insert regarding 

 New Brunswick's Forest Service re- 

 forms. Consultations were had with 

 many New Brunswick authorities 

 who were agreed that educational 

 work was a pre-requisite of progres- 

 sive legislation. In October, the 

 Secretary held seven more meetings 

 and illustrated lectures in the pro- 

 vince and again these were attended 

 by wide newspaper publicity. Fol- 

 lowing these steps the newspapers 

 and magazines co-operated very 

 generously with the Association in 

 publishing special articles and edi- 

 torials focusing attention upon New 

 Brunswick's need for a thorough- 

 going forest service. Quantities 

 of newspaper cuts and cartoons were 

 supplied free to thirty of the best 

 circulated papers and liberal use made 

 thereof. Fhe object of supplying 

 these engravings was to help to keep 

 forest problems to the forefront im- 

 mediately prior to the legislative 

 session. 



In the adjustment of difTiculties 

 arising from the lack of fire protection 

 along Government Railways right-of- 

 ways through private owned timber- 

 lands in New Brunswick the Associa- 



tion was also able to be of some help. 

 Of the many lines of direct publi- 

 city, mention may be made here of 

 some of those found especially ef- 

 fective during the year. 



In East and West 



The Association regards the public 

 meeting method entirely unique as a 

 means of arousing a serious and per- 

 manent interest in forest conserva- 

 tion. Thirty-two such meetings were 

 held by the Secretary during the year 

 at Brockville, Vernon, Penticton, 

 Nelson, Calgary and the following 

 points in New Brunswick: Chatham, 

 Moncton, Tabusintac, Millerton, 

 Blackville, Doaktown, Boiestown, 

 Bay du Vin, Woodstock, Fredcricton, 

 St. Stephen, Saint John, Sackville, 

 Campbellton and Bathurst. In ad- 

 dition, interviews were had with 

 members and officers of the Govern- 

 ments of New Brunswick, Quebec, 

 Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, 

 Alberta and British Columbia for the 

 discussion of forest conservation 

 matters. Then Secretary's mileage 

 was in excess of 17,000. 



By the co-operation of the Minister 

 of *Lands and Forests of Quebec, we 

 were enabled to arrange a lecture 

 route in Quebec for Mr. Avila Bodard, 

 who gave illustrated addresses at ten 

 points and will probably cover many 

 others during the winter and spring. 

 Similarly, we were able to make 

 arrangements in the French-speaking 

 communities of New Brunswick for a 

 series of twenty illustrated addresses 

 by Mr. J. A. Doucet of the Dominion 

 Forestry Branch, for which great 

 favor we are indebted to the Director 

 of Forestry. Mr. Doucet's meetings 

 will take place during February and 

 March. A successful meeting of the 

 chief executives of the Montreal 

 banks and other financial men was 

 arranged by our Association on Dec- 

 ember 14, Air. EUwood Wilson giving 

 an address on the financier's interest 

 in forestry practice. 



Travelling Lectures 



To encourage the holding of other 



public meetings for the discussion of 



Forestry, two travelling lecture sets 



were added to the two in use in 1916 



