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hail also a jj'"'^'''*^ intiMost in the matter, 

 since it still controlled approximately one- 

 thiril of the area in (piestion. The problem 

 of efficient fire protection and of the 

 reforestation of the non-agricultural areas 

 was so imi>ortant as to justify a confer- 

 ence between representatives of tlie two 

 governments, lookinij toward the adoption 

 of a definite co-operative [>lau for its 

 solution. 



Mr. R. II. Campbell, Dominion Director 

 of Forestry, maile a brief statement cover- 

 ing tlie work of the Dominion Forestry 

 Branch, which will be published later. 



Among the members of the Canadian 

 Forestry Association who attended the 

 meeting were Senator Edwards, Ottawa; 

 Mr. W. I^. Snowball, Chatham, X. B.; Sir 

 Edmund Osier, Mr. J. F. MacKaj-, Dr. C. 

 C. James ami Mr. G. F. Beer, of Toronto; 

 Hon. J. A. Matheson, Premier of P. E. I.; 

 Dr. C. C. Jones, Chancellor of the Univer- 

 sity of New Brunswick; Dr. Howard Mur- 

 ray, Dalhousie L'niversity, Halifax; Lt.- 

 Col. Jeffrey H. Borland and Dr. Frank D. 

 Adams. Montreal. 

 Recommendatious of Committee on Forests. 



The recoiniiit^ndations of the Committee on For- 

 ests whii-h were signed by Hon. W. C. Edwards, 

 Chairman, Dr. B. E. Fernow, and yW. W. B. 

 Snowball, were adopted as follows : 



The Comini tee on Forests finds that, since the 

 last annual meeting, the situation, to which its 



reioniinendations at that time refirred. has chans- 

 I'd but lit le, and that it run with propriety repeat 

 most of the propositions then formulated, with 

 some additions. 



1. The pri)tection from forest fires, in whieh 

 a decided progress has been made, slill requires 

 assiduous effort to make it effective in all direc- 

 tons. 



■J. The mailer of fij-eprotection along Govern- 

 ment railways should be further taken up with 

 the Dominion tioverninent, and such railways 

 should be made subject to the fire reuuiations 

 prescribed by the Board of Railway Commissioners 

 for lines subject to its jurisdiction. 



•t. Representations should be made to the Gov- 

 ernments of Nova .Scotia, New Brunswick, On- 

 tario and .\lberla, urRing that both legislative and 

 administrative provision be made for requiring 

 provincially chartered railways to take ade(|uate 

 steps to safeguard the adjacent country from 

 tires due to railway causes. 



4. The ascertainment or inventory of timber 

 supplies has been properly begun in British Col- 

 umbia, in cooperation with the Provincial Forest 

 Branch and with the Forestry Branch of the 

 Canadian Pacific Railway, and" in Saskatchewan 

 in cooperation with the Dominion Fores'.ry 

 Branch. This work .should be persistently con- 

 tinued. Cooperation of the provincial government 

 of New Brunswick for the same purpose should 

 l)e encouraged, and the governments of Ontario 

 and Quebec invited lo pursue a similar course. 



5. The attention of the Dominion and Pro- 

 vincial Governments should be again drawn to the 

 vital necessity of withholding from settlement all 

 lands which canno properly be classed as atri- 

 lultural, and of setting suci\ lands apart for the 

 permanent production of timber supplies. The 

 importance should be especially accentuated of 

 reserving and protecting from tire the vasi areas 

 of young forest growth, in order that they may 



Antiquated Systems of Boiling Still in use in Backward Sections. 



