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Resolved : That the thanks of this Association be tendered to the Board 

 of Governors of the University of Toronto, who have granted us the use of 

 this magnificent Convocation Hall for the holding of our meetings. 



Resolved: That the thanks of this Association be tendered the Toronto 

 Board of Trade for their kind invitation to hold this Convention in their 

 beautiful city, and for their generous hospitality in tendering a Banquet to 

 His Excellency and the Executive Officers of the Canadian Forestry Asso- 

 ciation. 



Resolved: That the thanks of this Association be tendered the Rail- 

 way Companies which have granted reduced fares to the members and 

 delegates attending this Convention. 



Mr. AUBREY WHITE : Regarding the third resolution, dealing with the 

 opening of the land for settlement, I wish to say that that is exactly what 

 is done in Ontario to-day. We inspect every lot that is applied for after 

 the Inspector notifies the applicant for the land and the licensee, and the 

 three of them go and look at the land, and thefi on the report of our 

 Inspector we either locate or withhold the land. If it has not fifty per cent, 

 of arable land on it we don't locate it. That is as to the townships that are 

 open. As to those that are not open before they are opened we inspect 

 them, and if it is found that they are chiefly valuable for timber, and are 

 not suitable for agriculture, we don't open them. 



Mr. BERGEVIN : A classification is now being made in Quebec, and 

 the lands suitable for the purposes of growing trees are being set aside 

 under the Reserve Act ; and it is for perpetuity. 



Mr. R. H. CAMPBELL : The Dominion Government is doing just exactly 

 the same as Ontario and Quebec are doing in this respect, but we have no 

 particular objection to the resolution because we recognize the fact that we 

 have not by any means reached perfection, and are quite ready to take any 

 condemnation from the Association in regard to it. 



After some further discussion, the above resolutions were put and 

 unanimously adopted. It was then moved by Professor MacClement, sec- 

 onded by Mr. Chown, and 



Resolved : That a Committee be appointed by the President of this 

 Association to consider the following methods of advancing popular forestry 

 education: 1. The preparation and distribution of forestry bulletins suit- 

 able for use in both country and city schools. 2. The inclusion of elementary 

 forestry instruction in the text-books on Agriculture and Nature Study, now 

 in use in the Public and High Schools. 3. The preparation and distribution 

 of maps and lantern slides suitable for addresses on forestry topics, to be 

 delivered in Schools and at Farmers' Institute meetings. 



Mr. WHITE : You say they are to be studied ; but who should make the 

 study? 



Mr. BERGEVIN : I think a Committee should be appointed to make the 

 study. Something may be added by technical people. I should think that 



