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direction which you are legislating with respect to the protection of your 

 forests and in the matter of the renewal of your forests, you should not con- 

 tent yourselves merely with a declaration of principle, but have it in the di- 

 rection of an execution of a principle. 



I feel that perhaps it is just as well I missed my opportunity, and I can 

 only hope that the outlook for the Province of New Brunswick will be a 

 bright and as successful as the faith I have in that province. 



A vote of thanks was passed and extended to Sir Wilfrid Laurier for 

 his good wishes for the success of the Convention. 



MR. STEWART In Quebec they expressed a particular desire to put 

 an export duty on pulp. The president stated a cord of pulpwood in Quebec 

 was worth $6.00, in pulp $13.00, and in paper $36.00, showing the great 

 advantage of having the article manufactured in the country. 



HON. C. W. ROBINSON, 



Speaker of the House of Assembly, N. B. 



I see I arn down on the programme for an address on " Lumber- 

 ing Methods " ; but, as there are a great many to address you, my 

 remarks will be brief. I know a little about practical lumbering, but 

 perhaps I do not know everything about lumbering methods. This 

 question might be divided in different ways. There might be the superficial 

 methods, and, according to some people, the underground methods, or w r e 

 might make other divisions. I think, however, the Surveyor - General 

 intended the discussion to be with regard more particularly to one or two 

 things, as to how lumbermen should conduct their operations so as not to- 

 injure the growth of the 3 7 oung trees any more than can be helped. The old 

 operators used to go in and cut everything in sight and destroy the woods ; 

 but I think the lumbermen in New Brunswick at the present time under- 

 stand too well the value of the forest to do anything like that, and it is not 

 necessary to discuss a matter of this kind, because I believe it is well 

 understood. 



