CANADIAN FOXE8TSY ASSOCIATION. JQ5 



mer for his care and labor in perfecting details of the Convention and in 

 carrying them out; to the Mayor and Corporation of the City of Frederic- 

 ton for placing the Civic Opera House at the disposal of the Convention; 

 to the Press of New Brunswick and of Canada for their excellent reports; 

 to the Railways for granting single fare rates to and from the Convention; 

 to the gentlemen who had addressed the meeting and to the delegates from 

 the United States. 



Later, upon motion of Hon. G. F. Hill, seconded by Mr. . S. Gill- 

 more, a vote of thanks was accorded the Chairman, Hon. W. C. Edwards, 

 for the able, courteous and impartial manner in which he had presided over 

 the deliberations of the Convention. This latter was presented to the 

 meeting by Hon. W. C. H. Grimmer, the Vice-Chairman. These were all 

 passed unanimously, and replies made as indicated a little later in this 

 report. 



The other resolutions were passed after considerable discussion, and 

 with, in a few cases, slight modifications from the original form, as follows: 



1. RESOLVED: That this Canadian Forestry Convention endorses 

 the project set forth in the report of the Parliamentary Committee of the 

 House of Commons, recommending that the available forest land upon the 

 eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains be constituted a permanent forest 

 reserve. 



2. RESOLVED: That in the opinion of this Canadian Forestry Con- 

 vention, the Governments of the Dominion and of the several Provinces 

 should reserve to Canada all the water powers within their boundaries, 

 especially those in waters bordering upon the neighboring Republic. 



3. RESOLVED: That in the opinion of this Convention, the Dominion 

 Government should pass more stringent laws to compel railway companies 

 to take more precautions to prevent forest fires along the lines of their rail- 

 ways, and also that the Intercolonial Railway and the Prince Edward Island 

 Railway should be placed in the same position as other railways, and com- 

 pelled to conform to the fire laws of the several Provinces through which 

 they pass and that the Intercolonial Railway of Canada and the Prince Ed- 

 ward Island Railway should carry the fire wardens free of charge and drop 

 them at any point where the fire might be. 



4. RESOLVED: That this Convention would urge upon the Dominion 

 Government and the Governments of the several Provinces the necessity of 

 reserving the timber lands at the head waters of all rivers and streams, so 

 as to maintain an even flow of water. 



5. RESOLVED: That in the opinion of this Canadian Forestry Con- 

 vention the time has arrived when, in the interest of the conservation of our 

 forests, the Federal and Provincial Governments should limit the cutting 

 of lumber or pulp wood on Crown Lands. 



6. RESOLVED : That it be recommended that the Canadian Forestry 

 Association consider ( i ) the establishment in each Province of separate 

 branches to look after local problems; (2) the appointment of a commit- 

 tee of five members to study the possibility of having a common log rule 



