Fifteenth Annual Meeting 



February 4, 1914. 



The fifteenth annual meetinpr of the 

 Canadian Forestry Association was liehl in 

 the Bamiuetinij Kooni of the Cliateau 

 Laurier on AVoduesday, Feb. 4, 1914, the 

 President, Hon. W. A. Charlton, in the 

 Chair, and a fjood number of members in 

 atteudaiu'e. On motion of Mr. Goodeve, 

 seconded by Mr. Denis Murphy, the min- 

 utes were taken as read. 



The President nominated the following 

 as members of the Nominatinij Committee: 

 Senator Bostock (Convener), and Messrs. 

 Goodeve, Ussher, J. B. Miller, R. H. Camp- 

 bell, Gordon Edwards, and J. B. White. On 

 motion of Mr. Iliram Kol)inson, seconded 

 by Mr. Denis Murj)hy, tliese gentlemen 

 were elected by the meeting. 



Resolutions Affecting Federal Government. 



The resolutions to be presented to the 

 Prime Minister and Minister of the In- 

 terior were then taken up. 



On motion of Senator Bostock, seconded 

 by Mr. Ell wood Wilson, it was resolved 

 that resolutions 2 to 9, as passed at the 

 Winnipeg Convention, with a slight change 

 in clause 5, be among those presented to 

 the Government. These were as follows: 



(2) Eesolved, that this Convention ap- 

 proves the action of the Dominion Govern- 

 ment in extending the areas included in 

 Forest Rei^erves on watersheds and non- 

 agricultural lands, and would urge on the 

 Governments of the Dominion and of the 

 Provinces the necessity for continuing the 

 extension of such reservations until all 

 lands of that character are included. 



(3) Resolved, that before any lands bear- 

 ing timber or lands contiguous to timbered 

 areas are opened for settlement an examin- 

 ation of such lands should be made to de- 

 termine ^^hethe^ they are best suited to the 

 growth of timber or whether their opening 

 would emlanger the timber. 



(4) Resolved, that this Convention would 

 urge upon the Dominion Government the 

 necessity for the afforestation of the sand 

 lands throughout the prairies and the set- 

 ting apart of such lands for this yjurpose. 



(5) Resolved, that the Fire Ranging Ser- 

 vice should be extended and made more effi- 

 cient and that the rangers should be selected 

 on the basis of their special qualifications 

 for the work. 



(6) Resolved, that the Canadian Forestry 

 Association express its approval of the ener- 

 getic polic.v which is being followed by the 

 Dominion Commission of Conservation in 

 investigating the important forest problems 

 of Canada. 



(7) Resolved, that the Canadian Forestry 

 Association express its appreciation of the 

 eft'ective numner in which the Dominion 

 Board of Railway Commissioners and tho 

 officers of the leading Canadian railway 

 companies have worked together for the [ire- 

 vention and control of forest fires arising 

 from operating railroad lines, 



(8) Resolvod, that this Convention again 

 records its approval of the work of the 

 Tree Planting Division of the Dominion 

 Forestry Branch, not only in the free dis- 

 tribution of trees to settlers and the super- 

 vision of their gro\vth, Itiit also in thereby 

 proviiling ju-actical demonstrations to set- 

 tlers in all parts of the country of the possi- 

 bility of forest growth on the i>rairies. 



(9) Resolved, that this Convention recom- 

 mend that exiierimcnts lie carried out by 

 the Dominion and Provincial Governments 

 affected to obtain data regarding the best 

 methods of disposal of debris resulting from 

 hunbering operations. 



The other resolutions ailopted for pre- 

 sentation to the Cabinet Ministers were 

 as follow: 



Moveil bv Col. Ilarkom, secondeil bv Mr. 

 J. B. White, and 



Resolved, that this Association again 

 expresses the opinion that it is important 

 that all appointments in the forest service 

 of the Dominion ami Provincial Go\ern- 

 ments should l>e based on capability and 

 experience. 



Moved by Mr. Chown, seconded by Mr. 

 Goodeve: 



Whereas, the Canadian Forestry Asso- 

 ciation, for several years jiast, has urged 

 upon the Government of Canada the neces- 

 sity for the establishment of a wood pro- 

 ducts laboratory, in order that the cpiali- 

 tiea and possibilities of our Canadian 

 woods for structural, puljt, chemical and 

 other purposes might be better under- 

 stood, so that our forest products might be 

 handled to the best advantage, and 



Whereas, the Government of Canada has, 

 in the j)ast year, begun the establishment 

 of a wood products laboratory at McGill 

 University, under the Dominion Forestry 

 Branch, therefore 



Resolved, that this Association desires 

 to place on record its appreciation of the 

 action of the Government of Canada, and 

 esj)ecially of the Minister of the Interior, 

 in establishing this laboratory, and pledges 

 itself to do what in it lies to rendering the 

 work of the laboratory as useful and wide- 

 reaching as po.ssible. 



Moved by Mr. .J. A. Lefebvre, seconded 

 bv Mr. Hiram Robinson, and 



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