8 CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



Canadian friends had much to do with their decision .to hold the meeting here, as 

 Toronto was anxious for the meeting to be held there. 



We all hope that both languages will be used jointly in papers and discussions, 

 as in this way only, a permanent interest can be worked up and a knowledge of 

 the objects of the Association made widely known. We must try to reach the 

 people in the country. This can be done only by popularizing the subject, so we 

 are now using short forestry articles for publication and for translation into French, 

 for the use of the French press. This year, I trust that the Association will publish 

 the Annual Report in both English and French, as suggested by Monseigneur 

 Laflamme. It will include a full account of this meeting. 



It is most encouraging to see His Excellency the Governor-General and our 

 Premier Sir Wilfred Laurier leading the forestry forces of progress in this country 

 and taking such a deep interest in everything appertaining to the subject, and at 

 the same time the President of the great and friendly nation to the south of us 

 working along similar lines. 



It appears to me that there is much to be done in this country as regards the 

 people getting fuller information as to our true resources in the way of timber and 

 wood generally, and, although I know that all these statements must be estimates, 

 yet a beginning should be made and I think that a report from the Forestry Branch 

 of the Interior Department somewhat along the lines of the publications issued by 

 the Forest Service of the United States, such as "Forest Products of the United 

 States," "The Use Book," etc., would be invaluable. 



There is great need for a more thorough exploration of the timber land to the 

 north, not only of this Province, but of Ontario; and the Dominion Government might 

 explore the northern parts of Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan, as our knowl- 

 ledge is very limited, and, if it were ampler, it would be invaluable. The publi- 

 cation, " Canada's Fertile Northland," with the useful maps annexed, issued last 

 year by the Railway and Swamp Lands Branch, Department of the Interior, giving, 

 as it states, a glimpse of the enormous resources of a part of the unexplored regions 

 of the Dominion, is a valuable contribution to what information we have on this 

 subject. 



As regards Canada's legislative action on such questions as export duty, etc., 

 statistics should be issued annually as regards the cut and consumption of wood 

 in Canada. 



It has been suggested that a desirable means of encouraging the objects which 

 our Association has in view would be to establish Branch Associations in the different 

 Provinces and then have them affiliated with the parent one. I would therefore 

 ask those of our members who reside outside the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, 



