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ested in the business in the Province, as by law they were all invited to 

 attend I felt it advisable to enclose with those invitations a copy of the 

 Public Domain Act, and to request that each gentleman receiving the invita- 

 tion should make any criticism upon the Act, or any suggestion he might 

 think proper. I may say that we have not received many criticisms upon 

 the Act, in fact, none, most people commending it very favorably, as one 

 containing good provisions which if carried out will be beneficial to the 

 Province. 



I do not think that I need detain you any longer. I am certainly 

 pleased to find so many present today, and on behalf of the Province, I 

 extend a cordial welcome to the visitors who are to take part in this Con- 

 vention. 



The Premier then took the chair and introduced J. D. Hazen, Esq., 

 M. P. P., who addressed the Convention. 



MR. J. D. HAZEN, M. P. P. 



Leader of the Opposition 



May it please Your Honour, and Mr. Premier, might I also be permitted 

 to say "Your Ex-Honour" (Ex-Governor McClelan), ladies and gentlemen, I 

 have very great pleasure in joining in the cordial and hearty words of greet- 

 ing with which the Premier of New Brunswick has welcomed here today the 

 representatives of the great lumber interests of this Province, and in doing 

 so, I may say that I feel that this is a welcome which is extended equally by 

 every Member of the Legislature, as well as by the Premier and myself. I 

 regard the Convention which is meeting today, the gathering here today as 

 one of the most important gatherings that has ever come together in the 

 Province of New Brunswick, and I hope, and I think we have reason to 

 believe, that the deliberations of this Convention will be fraught with great 

 benefit to the Province of New Brunswick, in the future, as well perhaps, as 

 at the present. 



Conventions, Mr. Premier and Your Honour, seem to be the order of 

 the day at this stage of the world's history. There is scarcely a year that 

 passes that important industries or important interests in the country, or 

 those interested in them, do not meet together, for the purpose of taking 

 counsel with each other concerning the best means that may be adopted of 

 promoting the interests they enjoy in common. And, while in previous 



