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amounted to but $25,000. To-day the territorial revenue amounts in 

 round figures to $400,000, and next year the probability is that it will be 

 increased by an appreciable amount. That being the case, it becomes the 

 duty of the Government and people of New Brunswick to do all they can 

 to preserve this great industry. Those who make a scientific study of 

 forestry are convinced, having regard to proper protection from fire and 

 from wasteful methods and to the employment of proper methods of 

 reproduction, that we have in our forests an increasing source of revenue 

 to the people of New Brunswick for all generations to come. 



Hand in hand with the question of forest preservation come a number 

 of kindred subjects. The preservation of fish in the rivers and streams 

 depends largely on the forests and the maintenance of a proper supply of 

 water. It is impossible to have large game in any country without having 

 extensive forests. New Brunswick's game is rapidly becoming a large 

 source of revenue, not especially directly, although our licenses amounted 

 last year to the sum of $33,000, but indirectly, because of the large amount 

 of money spent each year by tourists attracted by the game. The other 

 day I read a book published in 1825, dealing w 7 ith the history of the Prov- 

 ince, written by the late Peter Fisher, father of Judge Fisher, and a prom- 

 inent figure in the early history of this country. In that book I found the 

 statement that when the early settlers came to this Province there were 

 large numbers of moose or elk to be found, but in consequence of the way in 

 which they had been slaughtered, there were hardly any of these magnifi- 

 cent animals left in the country. That was in 1825. Now, nearly one hun- 

 dred years later, we find this country full of these splendid animals, showing 

 what can be done by careful legislation and the enforcement of wise laws. 

 Let me say to you, gentlemen, the Legislature of the Province is genuinely 

 glad to have you meet in convention in this Chamber this morning, in this 

 capital city of the Province. It has actually undertaken for two days to 

 stop the flood of eloquence which has been going on over the Address from 

 the Throne, to give you gentlemen an opportunity of meeting within these 

 walls. I sincerely hope that the results of the deliberations of this body 

 will prove a benefit to the people of Canada as a whole, to the people of 

 New Brunswick in particular, and that the discussions which will take place 

 here will have the effect of directing the minds of men everywhere more 

 and more to the necessity of taking active steps to preserve the great nat- 

 ural resources with which this Province and the Dominion of Canada have 

 been so bountifully supplied by a kind Providence. (Applause.) 



HON. CLIFFORD W. ROBINSON. 



Hon. Clifford W. Robinson, Leader of the Opposition, said: Every- 

 one interested in New Brunswick must feel the importance of such a gath- 

 ering as is being held in these halls to-day. The Premier has told you our 

 revenue from the forests is somewhere about $400,000, and when you 

 learn that outside of the amount received from the Dominion this makes up 

 by far the greater porition of our revenue in New Brunswick, you must 



