134 NEW BRUNSWICK FORESTRY CONVENTION 



I thank you and I wish this association you have formed every success, 

 for it is one that is beneficial, not only to the province, but beneficial to the 

 country in general. 



Mr. J. D. Hazen submitted a report of his Committee : 



Your Committee appointed at the meeting of the Forestry Convention 

 held yesterday to report certain recommendations to the Convention beg 

 leave to submit the following report : 



That in the short time at their disposal they have given such consider- 

 ation as they could to the important matters submitted to them, and beg 

 leave to make the following recommendations : 



1. That in order to make as attractive as possible and to beautify the 

 cities, towns and villages throughout the Province, the Civic and Municipal 

 authorities in New Brunswick be strongly urged to adopt a systematic policy 

 of planting ornamental trees. 



2. That in order to render attractive the different roads throughout 

 the Province legislation be passed for the encouragement of persons in set- 

 ting out ornamental shade trees along the highway roads throughout New 

 Brunswick, and in this connection your Committee call attention to the laws 

 in farce in the Province of Ontario, whereby they understand that a bonus 

 of a small amount is given for each tree set out along the highway road in 

 the Province according to the directions given by the Public Works Depart- 

 ment, or by some other plan. 



3. That the movement of planting trees on schooV grounds, which has 

 been in force for many years, but has produced but few results, be strongly 

 sanctioned by this Forestry Convention as a means calculated to secure the 

 interest of the people. 



4. . That your Committee, realizing the enormous in-jury that in the 

 past has been caused by forest fires resulting from the construction and 

 operation of railways in the Province, strongly recommend that effective 

 laws be passed for the purpose of preventing in the future a repetition of 

 such losses and that such legislation should include adequate protection 

 against carelessness during the work of the construction of railways, and 

 that there should be a provision that when roads are in operation during 

 the dry season between the first of May and the first of November in each 



