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Mr. SOUTH WORTH : At the last meeting of the Executive Committee of 

 the Association, which was the first opportunity we had to do so, we did pass 

 such a resolution, which was forwarded to the bereaved family. 



THE SECRETARY : I wish to state that on the 22nd of November I trans- 

 mitted the resolution in question to Mr. E. G. Joly de Lotbiniere. 



Mr. LITTLE : Would it not be well to have something in our annual 

 report? I should like to say something myself if you will allow me, because 

 I have been associated with Sir Henri so intimately for the last forty years 

 in this matter. Mr. Little then paid the following tribute to the memory 

 of the late Sir Henri Joly de Lotbiniere : 



AN APPRECIATION OF THE SERVICES OF SIR HENRI Gu STAVE JOLY DE 

 LOTBINIERE, K.C.M.G. 



BY MR. WM. LITTLE. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, I ask your indulgence to offer 

 a humble tribute of respect to the memory of our dear and valued friend, the 

 Honourable Sir Henri Joly de Lotbiniere, K.C.M.G., the first President of the 

 Canadian Forestry Association, by whose death Canada has lost one of her 

 wisest statesmen and most worthy citizens, and the cause of Canadian 

 forestry its foremost advocate and friend. For nearly forty years it has 

 been my great privilege to have had the honour of intimate association with 

 him in matters relating to Canadian forestry, and I well know the deep 

 interest always taken by him in this important question. 



His was indeed a unique personality, favoured by nature with a comely 

 and commanding presence, having a grace of expression and charm of man- 

 ner that endeared him to all who had the honour of his acquaintance of 

 irreproachable character and with the highest ideals, he inspired all who 

 came within his sphere, with influence for good. The soul of honour, he 

 was indeed a true knight, "sans peur et sans r&proche" a gentleman in 

 the best sense of the word, whose moral excellence and urbane manner gave 

 tone to the society in which he moved. Knowing him so well and highly 

 appreciating his exalted worth, I feel unequal to delineate his many virtues. 

 His death is not only a public loss but a public calamity. To know him 

 at his best, however admirable he was on all public occasions, was to meet 

 him in the refinement of his highly accomplished home circle, at his Manor 

 House at Point Platon, overlooking the St. Lawrence, near Quebec, where 

 with his family, his books, his flowers and trees, the growth of his own 

 planting, he entertained his friends with a sumptuous and elegant hospitality, 

 the delight of which can never be forgotten. Long, long will he be missed, 

 in the now desolate home, in the family circle and in the many public situa- 

 tions which he filled with so much honour to himself and advantage to 

 others. A true patriot, he devoted his thoughts to the best interests of his 

 country, and every good cause found in him an able and ready champion. 

 His services to the cause of Canadian Forestry can hardly be overestimated. 

 His far-seeing intellect early perceived the serious loss the country was 



