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was the enthusiasm and cordial sup- 

 port of the government ol British 

 Columbia, and the other the assistance 

 of members of the Canadian Forestry- 

 Association in eastern Canada, who 

 made long journeA's in order to be 

 present at this meeting. Among these 

 may be mentioned the Hon. J. K. Flem- 

 ming. Premier of New Brunswick: 

 Hon. Jules Allard, Minister of Lands 

 and Forests, Quebec; Hon. W. A. 

 Charlton, ]\I.P., Vice-president of the 

 Association; ^Mr. Aubrey White, Dep- 

 uty ^Minister of Crown Lands for On- 

 tario; Dr. B. E. Fernow, Dean of the 

 Faculty of Forestry of the University 

 of Toronto ; I\Ir. R. H. Campbell, Do- 

 minion J)irector of Forestry, and a 

 number of leading lumbermen, tim- 

 ber-limit holders and forestry officials. 

 From ]\Ianitoba came the lion. Colin 

 H. Campbell, i\Iinister of Public 

 Works ; from Saskatchewan Mr. A. F. 

 Mantle, Deputy JMinister of Agricul- 

 ture, and from Alberta Mr. Geo. Har- 

 court, who occupies a similar position 

 in that province. 



The United States sent a number 

 of representatives, including Judge 

 Flewelling, President of the Western 

 Forestry and Conservation Associa- 

 tion, and :\Ir. E. T. Allen, Secretary 

 of the same organization; Mr. Joseph 

 B. Knapp, Assistant United States 

 Forester at Portland, Ore.; i\rr. Geo. 

 M. Cornwall, editor of the 'Timber- 

 man.' and others. 



The names of those who attended 

 the different sessions of the Conven- 

 tion will be found in the list of dele- 

 gates at the end of this report. 



The sessions of the Convention were 

 held in the commodious and hand- 

 some hall of the Alexandra Club, one 

 of the few women's clubs in Canada 

 which possesses a building of its own. 

 It was originally intended that Sir 

 Richard McBride, the Prime Minister, 

 and members of the Cabinet should 

 receive the delegates on Wednesday 

 evening in the Legislative Chamber, 

 but, owing to the amount of work 

 which iiad accumulated on the pro- 

 gramme, it was decided to change this 



for the opening session in the Alexan- 

 dra Club on Wednesday evening. 

 This was a most successful change, as 

 it permitted time foi- welcoming the 

 delegates and for their replies thereto, 

 which would have been impossible 

 had this been reserved until Thursday 

 morning. The change was also ap- 

 preciated by the citizens of Victoria, 

 who were thus enabled to hear the ad- 

 dresses of the distinguished men at- 

 tending the Convention. 



On Thursday afternoon His Honour 

 the Lieutenant-Governor and ^Trs. 

 Paterson were 'At Home' to the 

 delegates at a garden party at Gov- 

 ernment House, and on Thursday 

 evening the lumbermen, in conjunc- 

 tion with the citizens of British Col- 

 umbia, entertained the Convention at 

 a magnificent banquet in the main 

 dining-room of the famous Empress 

 Hotel. The social functions were thor- 

 oughly carried out in the true style 

 of Pacific Coast hospitality. The pro- 

 gramme was filled with papers of the 

 most practical character, and the dis- 

 cussions showed that keen interest was 

 taken in every item. Before and 

 after the convention delegates from 

 distant points journeyed to different 

 points along the coast, motored 

 through Victoria and adjacent parts 

 of Vancouvei' island, and thus got a 

 good idea of the flourishing Pacific 

 Coast and particularly of its great 

 timber resources. 



Wednesday Evening, Sept. 4. 



The chair at the opening meeting 

 on Wednesday evening Avas occupied 

 by i\Ir. A. C. Flumerfelt, Chairman 

 of the Citizens' Committee which 

 made the local arrangements for the 

 convention. It may be mentioned in 

 passing that Mr. Flumerfelt not only 

 devoted a large amount of his valu- 

 able time to this convention, but that 

 it was especially fortunate he should 

 take a prominent part in it from the 

 fact that he was chairman of the For- 

 estry Commission upon whose report 

 the present Forest Law of British 

 Columbia is based. 



