CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION, 



Owing to the death of the Hon. W. T. Pipes, Vice-President for N :va. 

 Scotia, his place was filled at the meeting of the Directors in Ottawa, on 

 December I4th by the appointment of Hon. A. K. Maclean, Attorney- 

 General and Commissioner of Crown Lands for Nova Scotia. Mr. Mac- 

 lean has since signified his acceptance of the office. 



During the year a Summer Convention was held at Regina, when the 

 subject of tree planting on the prairies and the conservation of fores; 

 areas there was considered in a series of papers and fully discussed. After 

 this a visit was paid to the Dominion Forest Nursery at Indian Head, 

 where trees are grown for distribution to settlers. 



The Annual Convention was held in Fredericton, N.B., on February 

 23rd and 24th, and was well attended by representative men from all 

 parts of that Province, and from adjoining districts of Nova Scotia and 

 Prince Edward Island and Quebec. Speakers also came from Ontario, the 

 United States and even from Alberta. In the unavoidable absence of the 

 President, Mr. Thomas Southworth, the Chair was occupied by the Vice- 

 President, Hon. Senator Edwards, who, at the close stated that in point of 

 attendance and sustained interest, this was the most successful Convention 

 of the Association he had ever attended. 



At the last Annual Meeting it was recommended that your Directors 

 appoint a permanent Secretary, and the President was asked to appoint a 

 committee to find a suitable man. The President appointed Dr. Fernow, 

 Mr. R. H. Campbell and Mr. G. Y. Chown. These gentlemen, after con- 

 sidering a number of applications, recommended Mr. James Lawler, who 

 was appointed at a meeting of the Directors in Toronto on April 2Oth, 

 and began work on May ist, at a salary of $1,500 per year and expenses. 

 Mr. A. H. D. Ross, M.A., M.F., lecturer in Forestry in Toronto Uni- 

 versity, in order to facilitate this, resigned the office of Secretary and 

 handed over the work to Mr. Lawler, rendering him all the assistance pos- 

 sible since that time. In consideration of the work done by Mr. Ross 

 since last Annual Meeting and the assistance rendered the Secretary a 

 motion of thanks was accorded him at the Directors' meeting on December 

 1 4th, accompanied by an honorarium of $50. 



The thanks of the Association are also due to Dr. Fernow and the 

 authorities of Toronto University in providing, free of rent, a room for 

 the Secretary in the building of the Faculty of Forestry. 



Since his appointment, Mr. Lawler has been endeavoring to extend the 

 work of the Association by lecturing and canvassing for new members, 

 while at the same time organizing the two Conventions held, and carrying 

 on the clerical work of the office. The question of his continuance during 

 the coming year, and in that event, of his removal to Ottawa, will come 

 before you. 



The Federal Government grant of $2,000.00 which, by an oversight, 

 was not in the estimate for 1908, was included in those for 1909, making 

 the amount received from this source $4,000.00 in the past year. It is 

 confidently expected that the grant of $2,000.00 per year will be continued. 



The Ontario Government grant of $300.00 was also omitted in 1908 

 and 1909, but it is expected for 1910, and there is every reason also why 

 the Association may hope for the continuance of this grant. The grants 

 from Quebec, $200; British Columbia, $100, and New Brunswick, $100, 



