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lators of a State a broad and rounded view of their forests which is not 

 otherwise to be obtained. It serves as a basis of legislationand it makes it 

 possible to plan subsequent work more intelligently. Judging from what 

 has taken place on one side, I can think of nothing that would better serve 

 the Province of New Brunswick at the present time than one or two seasons 

 spent by a small but well equipped party on such a survey. 



MR. HUTCHISON May I be permitted, as one of the listeners of this- 

 Convention, to suggest, that we have derived very much information from 

 those members of the Province of New Brunswick, and vicinity, but we are 

 still more indebted to those gentlemen who have come from a distance, with- 

 out reward or hope of reward, and with great loss of time, in order to give 

 us the benefit of their knowledge on this subject of Forestry. From these 

 gentlemen we have learned how they manage the affairs of Forestry in the 

 United States and Canada, and I would ask the gentlemen present to give a 

 hearty vote of thanks to those gentlemen who have addressed us on these 

 subjects, viz., Mr. Stewart, President of the Forestry Association of Canada, 

 Mr. Price, who is the Vice-President of the Canadian Association ; also Mr. 

 Power, and Mr. MacMillan, and the gentleman who has just addressed you, 

 and given you the information as to the affairs in Forestry in the United 

 States, Prof. Gary. 



Motion seconded by Mr. Connolly, and carried unanimously. 



The vote of thanks of the Convention was tendered to the gentlemen 

 named by the Premier, for the very great assistance given by them in this- 

 first Forestry Convention. 



MR. PRICE in reply Mr. Premier, on behalf of the Quebec Conven- 

 tion, I have to thank you very heartily for the vote of thanks. I think we 

 cannot help expressing the appreciation with which your Government has 

 carried on the work here, the facilities you have for preserving your docu- 

 ments, etc., cannot be better, and also the efficient way apparently with 

 which the whole machinery of your department is run. We come, Mr. 

 Hutchison has said, without any hope of reward. I may mention that a 

 friend of mine in the Province of Quebec, at the time when lumbering was 

 not on the sound basis it is today, said, "If I had an enemy, I would give 

 him a saw-mill." Happily, that time has passed away, and it would be a 

 kindly action if any of you should give your friends a saw-mill, and not an 



