Tfu \'icturia, B.C. Convention. 



i:n 



tion ami a^'ain t'xprosses the opinion that 

 it is inipurtant that all appointments in 

 the forest service of the Dominion and 

 Provincial (]ov<>rnmouts shmiM 1,(. haHod 

 on cafiahility ami exi>erionco.* 



(<i) Resolved, that the Canadian For 

 estry Association wtiuld recomtnend that 

 the fire acts of the Provinces of Manitoba. 

 Saskatchewan and Alljcrta, which were 

 enacted some years apo, lie revised bo as 

 to provide more etliciently for the preven 

 tion of fire and the jiunishment of ofTeud 

 ers. 



(7) Kesolved, that, recoj^nizin;,' ovir 

 common bond and common aims, we cb- 

 sire to testify to the achievements and 

 practical assistance to the forestry call^e 

 of the American Forestry Association and 

 hope for increasing co-operation between 

 our or;,'ani/.ations. 



(8) I{esolved, that this Association con 

 jrratulate the (.iovernment of British Co 

 liimbia upon the excellent be^^iiinin;; it 

 has made in the task of protei'tinj: the 

 forests of the I'rovincc and is of opinion 

 that the force employed should be larjjely 

 increased, that there should be increased 

 expenditure not only upon patrol but also 

 upon permanent improvements, sui-h as the 

 construction of trails, telephones and lo4»k- 

 out stations, all of which will tend to 

 make forest preservation more eflicient. 



(9) Kesolved, that this convention en- 

 dorses the action of the Hfiminion Gov- 

 ernment in settinjr aside fort-st reserves, 

 that it ur>;es furtlier reservation of suit- 

 able areas and tin' retention of existing 

 reserves in their entirety with the object 

 of afTordin;; to the surrounding; districts 

 the best results for all time in regard to 

 fuel and timber su|>|dy, ^ra/ing, the pro 

 tection of ^ame and re;,'ularity of stream 

 flow. 



(}0) Kesolved. that the thanks of the 

 convention be, and are hereby, tendered 



•Resolution No. 3 pnMed at the Ottawa 

 Convention (Feb. 7 and H. 1012) was a* 

 follows: — 



(3) Whereas, efliciency in the ndminin 

 tration of the forests of Canada, which 

 are one of the ;;rentests of the nation il 

 assets, can '• • i.biauied only by ndoptinj: 

 a |>ermanent jiolicy cnrrii'd out by n itnfT 

 appointed on the >;ri>iinds of «<|n'. lal lit !»•«•< 

 for the positions which they arc to fill, 

 and removable only ■•« .>r...iti,!q of inert'. 

 ciency. 



Therefore Kesolved. iiial ' 

 urj;es on the federal anil \ 

 ernments the necessity of provulniK' » "V 

 tern of examinations to t»»st the «|unliflcn 

 tions of appointees and of makinit «|> 

 pointments j>ermanenf durinv' coimI hr*^ ■ 

 iour. and that in the • a-e of fh.> fc 

 jiovernment for this purpose a: 

 should be placed in t'\" limd-* 

 Service Commission 



those gentlemen from the United HtalM 

 who assisted by their presence and by 

 their papers in the work of the conven- 

 tion. 



(11) Kesolved, that this convent i..n dr 

 siri»s tr> place on recc»rd its ap; a 

 of the kindness of the I'rernier, -ir mr-h 

 ard McMride, and the membern of the 

 Kxecutive Council, e«; lion W, K. 

 Koss, for the many k: . -• and al>un- 

 <iant hospitality shown the ileli*ifate« at thia 

 nieetin^;. 



(12) Kesolved, that the thanks of thia 

 convention be tendered to ilia 11 ■ -ha 

 Lieutenant (io\ernor, fi>r li' tjr 

 shown the convention in the (;arden partj 

 ({iven them at Ciovernment Mouse. 



(13) Kesolved, that this convention de 

 sires to exjiress its appreciation of the ac- 

 tion of the lumbermen and • itirens of 

 Hritish Cidumbia in tendering; them tba 

 ma;;nificent ban(|Uet which wa« »'■ — "^l 

 feature of this convention. 



(14) Kes«dved. that thix ■• .i tie 



sires to express its warm ap 



>n of 



the kindness of .Mr. A. <'. Klumerfelt, 

 chairman of the local committee ot ar 

 ranyements, who, in a busy period of the 

 year, jjave up important ■■ - and 



spare<l neither time nor \ i-r to 



do whatever was nec«»ssary to mmke the 

 convention a success. 



(15) Resolved, that the railways of 

 Canada, and |iarti"i ' ' •" ' ''%• 



cific Railway, Im- t ! 



ness in i;rniitini: special rates which inade 

 possible the attendance of no !iii»i!\ dele- 

 tjates from Kastern <'anada. 



( Hn Resolved, that the thntiK- ■ • 

 convention be temlen-d the pre*s "f 

 ada for its ever ready support tl.- •• 



columns of the cause of forest « 



tion, both durinj: this convention and 

 throughout the year. 



Friday Evening. 



The convention con'duded »ith 

 Mii; in ^■ 'ra Mall. ^<'^ - '' 



brief a an! sn i' 



The mei*tinK *«a* (.•u.J^l ai* i th. 



audience mo»t appf' 



Dr. U. K. Fernow. dean of ib^ fa^oltjr 



• 



of the t " 



\.« Vi,: " 



;e did not know what that 

 t .rc-trr wn • * ■ — — *' • 

 (nr »* the 



'^n brother". wb.« ar 



ever bebJ in tbe eountry. Tb 



