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need for the extension of Civil Ser- 

 vice regulations to the outside Civil 

 Service, and also in reference to the 

 co-ordination of the work of the 

 various branches handling Dominion 

 forest matters, Avhicli he considered 

 necessary in order to secure the 

 greatest efficiency. 



MR. AUBREY WHITE, C.M.G. 



Among those who were honored by His 

 Majesty King George the Fifth on New 

 Year's Day, 1914, was Mr. Aubrey White, 

 who was created a Companion of the 

 Order of St. Michael and St. George (C. 

 M.G.) Mr. White entered the Crown 

 Lands Department of Ontario in the out- 

 side service in 1876, and was made Deputy 

 Commissioner in 1887. Later, when the 

 office was enlarged and the title changed, 

 he was made Deputy Minister of Lands 

 and Forests, which is his present office. 

 Mr. White has been a pioneer in the mat- 

 ter of forest conservation, having recom- 

 mended and organized, in 1885, the first 

 forest fire protective patrol system on the 

 continent. Mr. White is a Past President 

 of the Canadian Forestry Association, and 

 is one of its most active Directors. His 

 reports and bulletins always receive the 

 most careful consideration from forest 

 administrators. For over a quarter of a 



century he has been the administrative 

 head of the Department producing the 

 greatest part of Ontario's revenue, and 

 one of the largest forest services in the 

 world. The Toronto News thus refers to 

 Mr. White's new honor: 



'The New Year honor conferred upon 

 Mr. Aubrey White was thoroughly de- 

 served. Civil servants in this country are 

 none too richly recompensed in a material 

 sense, and the prerogative of the Crown is 

 well employed in seeking out men like the 

 Deputy Minister for special distinction. 

 Under Liberal and Conservative Govern- 

 ments alike Mr. White has labored long 

 and faithfully in the public interest. He 

 is one of the most capable administrators 

 in the Province, and in decorating him the 

 Sovereign has recognized the whole civil 

 service afresh in a gratifying manner. Mr. 

 White will wear his C. M. G. with becom- 

 ing dignity. ' 



Within the three National parks 

 in which the Dominion Government 

 maintains the buffalo in a state of 

 semi captivity says the sixth annual 

 report of the American Bison Society, 

 there were at the end of March, 1913 

 1,287 buffalo. The number of males 

 was approximately the same as the 

 number of females, a larger number 

 of the former being aged. The total 

 number of calves successfully raised 

 during the year was 221. An estim- 

 ate of the number of wood bison in 

 JMackenzie River territory and of 

 those loaned by the Dominion Govern- 

 ment to city parks, etc., makes the 

 total number of pure bred bison in 

 Canada about 1,600. 



Owing to the crowded state of the 

 columns of the Journal this month, 

 several articles dealing with forestry 

 in British Columbia and Ontario had 

 to be held over until the February 

 issue. 



Mr. H. A. Preston of Massey, Northern 

 Ontario, writes condemning the careless- 

 ness that is often responsible for the 

 spread of, destructive forest fires and sug- 

 gesting that the Government be more strict 

 in enforcing the law prohibiting settlers 

 setting fires during the months of June 

 July and August. — Rod and Gun. 



