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sage back east that men of the east came 

 here to sit at the feet of the giants of the 

 west in forestry knowledge. 'The better 

 we know each other, the better we shall 

 love each other,' was now as ever the 

 motto of the Forestry Association. 



The final toast of 'The Press' was pro- 

 posed by Hon. J. K. Flemming, the prem- 

 ier of New Brunswick, and responded to 

 by Mr. C. H. Lugrin, who dwelt upon the 

 great asset which Canada possessed in its 

 practically transcontinental forest, and 

 urged that 'we should take as much care 

 of that forest as we should of a trans- 

 continental railway. If one of our rail- 

 ways were to be destroyed it could easily 

 be replaced within a few years, but it 

 would take generations to replace the 

 great transcontinental forest which was 

 the backbone of Canada.' 



able timber and valueless for any other 

 purpose, at 65,000,000 acres, this being a 

 conservative estimate. Of this, he f)ut 

 down 25,000,000 acres as being rendered 

 unmerchantable under existing conditions 

 by fire, but containing considerable 

 amounts of large timber and coming rap- 

 idly into second growth. It was certain, 

 he said, that within ten years the forests 

 would increase their annual cut to four 

 or five billion feet, while in twenty years 

 the production would be limited only by 

 the supply. This limit of supply of six 

 billion feet a year would be reached in 

 fifteen years. This was worth to the gov- 

 ernment $6,000,000, and to the community 

 $100,000,000 a year, and to win this stake 

 fire must be kept out of an area of one 

 hundred million acres. 



Mr. Benedict explained in detail the or- 



Burned-over Benchland near Revelstoke, B.C. 



The proceedings closed by the drinking 

 of the health of Mr. John Hendry, the 

 l>resident of the association, 'one of the 

 greatest captains of industry in Western 

 Canada, ' as Sir Richard McBride describ- 

 ed him. 



Friday Morning, Sept. 6. 



At the opening of the morning session, 

 in the absence of Mr. R. E. Benedict, as- 

 sistant forester of British Columbia, Mr. 

 M. A. Grainger, chief of the department 

 of records, read his paper on 'The Pro- 

 tection of the Forests of British Columbia 

 From Fire.' Mr. Benedict ])laced the 

 acreage capable of producing mechant- 



ganization of the fire-fighting force and 

 the fire protection fund of two cents an 

 acre, half contributed by the timber own- 

 ers. He insisted on the necessity of most 

 thorough forest patrol. Despite all laws 

 and their strict enforcement, fires would 

 occur, just as in a city, and the comple- 

 ment of expensive city fire departments 

 was necessary in the forests in well-or- 

 ganized patrols. This would cost money, 

 but the stake was well worth all that 

 could be spent. 



Chief Forester MacMillan stated that 

 the province now has 142 fire rangers and 

 wardens, each having an average of 500,- 

 000 acres to look after. It w^ould be n*^- 



