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I appeal to the gentlemen here to-day if this system has not worked splendidly 

 and is not worthy of commendation. 



I am just mentioning these facts to you. I have nothing to do with the Prov- 

 ince of Quebec, I do not own a foot in their limits, but in justice to the Forestry 

 Department, and the Minister in charge of it, I cannot help trusting that some 

 gentleman here to-day will bring forward a resolution endorsing the few remarks 

 I have made. 



Dr. FERNOW. As 'a member of the Committee on Resolutions, I will say that 

 this is a mere oversight. It was our mention to have included that in our reso- 

 lutions, and I would ask that Mr. Joly de Lotbini&re formulate a resolution along 



the lines indicated. 



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Mr. ACHILLE BERGEVIN, M.L.A. Gentlemen, May I thank M. Joly de 

 Lotbiniere for drawing the attention of this meeting to the fact that you had omitted 

 a resolution thanking the Government of the Province of Quebec for what they have 

 done during the course of the past year in the interests of the advancement of 

 forestry. During my address this afternoon I expressed myself not on behalf of 

 that Government, but as one of its supporters and a member of the Legislature. 

 The announcement of the policy of the Government I can tell you, by a report of 

 the Minister that I have on hand now, which was only delivered to the House this 

 week, shows that great things have been done in the interests of the forests of 

 this Province. In fact there is no Province in the Dominion or State in the Ameri- 

 can Confederation that has done more than this Province of Quebec. (Applause). 



I will tell you that during the course of the last two years several Reserves 

 which I will mention and which I can show you on the map, have been set aside. 

 This map shows the different timber limits under lease, and the immense reserves 

 created all over the Province of Quebec, whether controlled by lumbermen or by 

 the Government. The reserves designated are, Saguenay, Labrador, Lake St. 

 John, St. Maurice, Maskinonge", Ottawa, Temiscouata, Rimouski and others, to- 

 gether with the Parks of Gasp6 and Laurentide. In all this makes ten reserves, 

 comprising a total of 107,821,653 acres under reserve. British Columbia, as 

 organized to-day, cannot show as much, and all this has been accomplished during 

 the year by the Minister of Lands and Forests in Quebec. 



Besides all this two students were sent from Yale University to study For- 

 estry on the other side. One of them addressed you this morning on technical 

 questions, and showed you what we have in forest resources in this Province and 

 what should be done to conserve them. It is shown in the report I have here that 

 many suggestions have been made, and are gradually being carried through by the 

 Minister. One of these is the forming of plantations on areas of land not occupied 

 by agriculture now, and which have been destroyed by fires. Another is the res- 



