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question of the date was even more 

 difficult to decide. It was finally re- 

 solved to leave the selection of the 

 date to the President, ^Ir. John Hen- 

 dry, and the Premier of British Col- 

 um])ia, Hon. Richard ^IcBride. These 

 gentlemen at the time of the meeting 

 were in London, England, and they 

 cabled the Directors strongly urging 

 that this yeai- the Conventio i be held 

 in British Columbia. It was sug- 

 gested by the Directors, however, that 

 Sept. 4 and 5, other things being 

 equal, would be a suitable date. The 

 results of this meeting were caliled to 

 London, and the dates were accepted 

 by the gentleman above named. On 

 Mr. Hendry's return from England 

 he met a number of the Directors of 

 the Forestry Association at an infor- 

 mal meeting called when he was pass- 

 ing through Ottawa on May 27. At 

 this meeting the subject of the date 

 was again gone into and the suggested 

 date was confirmed with a rider that 

 Sept. 6 be added if found necessary 

 to accommodate all the features on 

 the program. It was also decided at 

 this latter meeting to direct the Sec- 

 retary to proceed as soon as possible 

 to British Columbia to consult, in 

 company with the President, with 

 the Hon. Richard ]\IcBride and the 

 Hon. W. R. Ross. ^linister of Lands, 

 in regard to the program and its dif- 

 ferent features. Both the Premier 

 and Mr. Ross are taking a very en- 

 thusiastic interest in the subject. 



British Columbia has just enacted 

 a new timber and forestry law and 

 is adopting a very i)rogressive atti- 

 tude in regard to the conservation 

 and proper disposal of its immense 

 forest wealth. Great interest pre- 

 vails on the Pacific coast in regard to 

 the new law, and to modern methods 

 of lumbering, but the interest of the 

 Convention will not be confined to 

 these but will embrace projects and 

 topics relating to all the provinces 

 and to the work of the Dominion 

 Government. At the season of the 

 year when the Convention will be 

 held here there are in force special 



rates from eastern points on the dif- 

 ferent railways, and it is hoped to 

 announce in the next issue what the 

 best rates available from Montreal, 

 Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, 

 and other points will be. This will 

 be the first Convention held on the 

 Pacific coast since 1906, and in addi- 

 tion to the enthusiastic attitude of 

 the government as above noted, Mr. 

 Hendry and the leading members of 

 the Forestry Association on the Pa- 

 cific coast are determined to make the 

 Convention worthy of the great tim- 

 ber resources of that province. Our 

 members are urged to make a note of 

 these dates and to hold them open 

 so that if possible they may be able 

 to attend and take part. It is hoped 

 that by the next issue of the Journal 

 to have a full statement of the pro- 

 gram and other details for the mem- 

 bers. Those who expect to be present 

 will greatly facilitate the work of 

 preparing for the Convention if they 

 will notify the Secretary. Canadian 

 Building, Ottawa, of their intention. 



OIL-BURNING LOCOMOTIVES. 



At the meeting of the Directors 

 of the Canadian Forestry Association 

 on ]\Iay 9 the following resolution 

 was adopted : — 



That the Board of Directors of 

 the Canadian Forestry Association 

 place on record their hearty approval 

 of the proposal that at the earliest 

 practicable date a regulation be 

 brought into force compelling the use 

 by railways of oil-burning locomotives 

 in dangerous districts and during 

 dangerous seasons, and that a copy of 

 this resolution be sent to the Board of 

 Railway Commissioners for Canada. 



A conference on fai-ni forestry will be a 

 feature of the Seventh International Dry 

 Farming Congress, which is to be held at 

 Lethbriilge, Alta., Oct. 21 to 26, 1912. 



The plantation of 40,000 white pine, f-et 

 out last !-i)ring by Dr. A. R. Myers, of 

 Moncton, N. B., i'^ thriving. The owner is 

 planting 50,000 trees this spring and ex- 

 pects to put out 100,000 more next spring. 



