The Thiiiccnfh Annual CunvenUon. 



Mr. E. Stewart tlicn road his paper on 

 ' The Aims aiul Oltjects of tho Canatlian 

 Forestry Asyoeiation. ' 



Mr. Stewart jMiinted out the objects fur 

 ■whicli tlio Association liad been formed; it 

 was intended to be, first, educative, and, 

 second, advisory. No administrative work 

 had been contemphiteil, and, if the asso- 

 ciation liad en;,':i;,'ed in controversial top- 

 ics, it would liave imp:iired its inlhn-nce. 

 Its streni^th lay hirj^ely in the fact tli:it it 

 was entirely non-political. 



The Association's first aim was to arouse 

 public interest iu forestry. One result 

 was seen in the fact that opposition to 

 forestry appropriations had died away. 

 By conventions and literature much in- 

 terest in forestry had been awakened in 

 the public mind and the jiublic of Canada 

 had much need of awakening to the prob- 

 lems of forestry. The Association had 

 done mucli f,'ood and advanced forestry in- 

 terests by its recommendations to tho var- 

 ious governments. One point in whi<'h 

 the Association might still do much good 

 work was in inducing the Dominion gov- 

 ernment to distribute in other countries 

 fuller information r(>gardiiig the dilTerctit 

 species of Canadian woods and their cpial- 

 ities. The Association had been jiarticu- 

 larly fortunate in its Patrons. Another 

 respect in which much success lunl been 

 attained was in securing the co-operation 

 of the lumbermen. 



Mr. Chown wanted more progressive 

 measures, and thougiit tho Associatiim 

 should consider the employment of a train- 

 ed forester. 



Lt.-Col. llarkom agreetl with ^fr. Stew- 

 art, that the Association should be only 

 advisory, not executive. 



Mr. J. A. Gripton, of Toronto, suggested 

 the formation of commercial museums 

 and bureaus of information. 



Dr. C. D. Howe, of the Faculty of For- 

 estry, University of Toronto, urged th« 

 need of further educational propaganda, 

 espei'ially in tho lower grades of public 

 schools. 



Dr. A. Blue then read a short paper on 

 'Maple Sugar as a Hvproduct of the For- 

 est '. 



The convention then .i.lj..urneil. 



LE1TKR.S OF RKtiRET. 



Following are extracts from tome of tht 

 letters of regret: — 



John Hendry, Vicp-r- 



Forestry Association, Van 



in Kur'oi>e) — "I am leaving i 

 Tuesday next for 

 but have left ini'tr 



forwarded to n:c. I nrn vrrv ^rirrr I 

 not attend tl> 

 but ho|'e the 

 tho banipiet ■ 



Sir Kdmund Walker, I' 

 dian Bank of ' 

 your letter oi 

 cecdingly 

 render it 



at the meetingn of the ' 

 Association on the 7th 

 1 ha\e been Honorary 1 

 years . 

 nual ' 

 includes tho dates referred lo. ' 



Hon. Clifford Siftoii, • ' 

 hion of Conservation, Ot 

 much regret that I »t 

 away from OttaAa a: . 

 being called away by 

 ment**. It is a i "" 

 me that I <-anM< 

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