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the'full amount has not yet been paid. The expenditure is $4,423.99, leaving a 

 balance of $2,107.05. The thanks of the Asociation are due to the Governments 

 who have so generously aided their work. The balance now (March 12th, 1908) on 

 hand is $1,405.92. 



The Forestry Journal has been issued quarterly, with J. M. Macoun as editor. 

 The Journal furnishes a great deal of useful information in regard to forestry to 

 the members of the Association and fills a useful place in that respect. The question 

 of issuing a monthly journal was considered by the Board, but it was decided that 

 the public could better be reached and educated by the preparation of special news 

 items for the newspapers and the issue of bulletins. These short bulletins have 

 already been sent to the newspapers, and others are in preparation. These bul- 

 letins have appeared in papers all over the Dominion and are thus reaching a 

 much larger circle than could be reached by the Forestry Journal. 



The most outstanding forward step made in the Forestry movement in Canada 

 during the part year was the establishment of a Faculty of Forestry in the University 

 of Toronto under the principalship of Dr. B. E. Fernow. Dr. Fernow is one of the 

 best know figures in the history of Forestry in the United States and the work of 

 himself and his school in Canada will be watched with sympathetic interest by all 

 those interested in Canadian Forestry. 



The Dominion Government has added to the staff several trained Foresters, 

 most prominent among whom is Mr. A. Knechtel, formerly the Forester of the 

 New York Forest, Fish and Games Commission, who has had a large experience in 

 the practical work of reforestation with that Commission. The timber survey 

 was carried on by the Forestry Branch during the past summer on the Riding 

 Mountain Forest Reserve and it is expected will be completed this year. The 

 survey will also be extended to other reserves. 



The distribution of trees for planting on the farms of the prairies' is being con- 

 tinued steadily, an average of 2,000,000 per year being now maintained, with the 

 prospect that the product of the nursery will soon be considerably increased. 



In the Province of Quebec the two Foresters trained in the Yale Forest School 

 are conducting an examination of different parts of the Province and are beginning 

 some practical work of reforestation. 



The University of New Brunswick is planning the establishment of a Forestry 

 course. 



There is therefore a steady development in the interest in scientific Forestry 

 through the Dominion. 



The thanks of the Association are due to the Railway Companies for special 

 privileges and to the newspaper press for many courtesies. 



