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and there was a sort of idea that I was the man to prepare the text books. I 

 always refused to do this, first because I was not capable of writing such a text 

 book, and secondly, because while public schools were hardly able to teach the 

 necessary subjects satisfactorily, it would hardly do to put another subject into 

 the curriculum, like Forestry. 



Since then I have found that in a country of democratic Government, to 

 secure any action, first public opinion must be formed, and the school furnishes a 

 remarkably satisfactory place in which to begin to form public opinion. The 

 only trouble with the proposition is the difficulty of method. We cannot introduce 

 the subject as a separate study, but occasional talks from the teachers are properly 

 advised. And I think in this direction this Association is perhaps not doing its 

 full duty by merely meeting once a year and publishing a report, and in addition 

 publishing a journal which comes out only quarterly, to be put upon the shelves 

 without reaching the large reading public which we want to get at, or even the 

 teachers of the country. I hope that during the next year the Association will 

 attempt to carry out Mr. Boyd's suggestion, and the University" of Toronto in its 

 Forestry Faculty will be anxious to assist in the propagation of such common 

 sense literature as may be used to reach the young. I sincerely hope that during 

 this year the Association will take some steps to secure a wide distribution of such 

 material. (Applause). 



Colonel WRAY, (Quebec). I would say that in my opinion the excellent paper 

 that has been read by Mgr. Laflamme if published as a special pamphlet be spread 

 broadcast about the Province of Quebec, where the name of Mgr. Laflamme is 

 very well known and respected, it would be a great step towards the education of 

 the youth of this Province. 



I think I understood from your address that there is a lack of definite in- 

 formation as to the resources of the forest wealth of Quebec Province. I would 

 like to ask what data you had before you when you made that statement at the 

 Board of Trade meeting in Quebec recently, that there was a supply of pulpwood 

 in sight sufficient for the next five hundred years. Any information you can give 

 along that line would be very valuable. 



The PRESIDENT. I took this from figures I had given to me. But to'-day I 

 do not propose to go into a discussion with regard to what happened at the Board 

 of Trade, that matter is not before the meeting and I cannot go into a discussion on 

 a matter which came up when I was acting in an entirely different capacity. 



Dr. BELL. Perhaps I could answer that question with regard to our pulpwood 

 resources. Some years ago I calculated that if we had no coal fuel in Canada, 

 that by properly conserving the spruce woods which cover two-thirds of the Dom- 

 inion, we would have a permanent supply. These spruce trees come to half their 



