g CAN ADI'AN FOEESTEY ASSOCIATION. 



realize how vitally important it is to us that our forests should be pre- 

 served. While we realize the importance of forest protection in our little 

 Province of New Brunswick, we also realize that it is an important matter 

 for the entire Dominion, and so we must expect much time to be devoted to 

 other than local subjects. I think we are to be congratulated that there is 

 such a large, representative gathering here of thoughtful people, who have 

 the interest of our country at heart, and who will work together in this 

 great Convention to bring out something which will be to the advantage 

 not only of this Province, but of the whole of Canada. Our climatic con- 

 ditions, wealth and happiness of the inhabitants so very many things 

 depend on our forests, their proper protection and management, that I 

 can think of no other Convention which could assemble here to deal with 

 questions of more importance to our people than the question of the con- 

 servation of our forests. 



On behalf of the loyal Opoosition, I have much pleasure in welcoming 

 you to New Brunswick. (Applause.) 



HIS WORSHIP, C. FRED. CHESTNUT, MAYOR OF 

 FREDERICTON. 



It is my pleasure and privilege to welcome you to this city. In the mat- 

 ter of natural beauty, culture and open-hearted hospitality we acknowledge 

 no superior in Canada. It may interest you to know that our city was in- 

 corporated sixty-eight years ago and has for its motto, ''Fredericopolis 

 silvae filia nobilis" (Fredericton, noble daughter of the forest). It seems 

 to me very fitting that this Association should meet here. We trust your 

 sojourn here will be pleasant and profitable. The City of Fredericton is 

 thoroughly in sympathy with the aims of your Association. While we 

 attach great value to the lumber industry, yet it has often struck me as a 

 business man that our forests are a great asset in other ways as well. A 

 large number of people each year go into the woods to camp, fish and 

 shoot, and it has been my pleasure, year after year, as President of the 

 Tourists' Association, to meet and talk with them. And I can assure you 

 that a great deal of money is left in our Province by these people in out- 

 fitting and such like. They are willing to pay well for the privilege of 

 going into our woods to live there for a few weeks. This is a feature that 

 I think is capable of almost unlimited development. So there is every rea- 

 son why we should be in full sympathy with this Association. It is our 

 desire during your stay here that you feel you have all the rights and privi- 

 leges of citizens, and we hope when you go away, you will have pleasant 

 recollections of your stay in the City of Fredericton. (Applause.) 



