Halifax Convention 



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See this at the Conventiou — View in the Public Gardens, Halifax. 



ARBOR DAY IN QUEBEC. 



Arhor Day was celebrated iu Quebec 

 with unusual ceremony on May 14. The 

 scene was the Quebec Exliibition Grounds, 

 on the outskirts of the City of Quebec. 

 The j^uests of the Exhibition Commission 

 for the ceremony assembled at the City 

 Hall at 2..'^0 j).m., and were taken to the 

 park in automobiles. At the grounds they 

 were met by His Honor Sir Francis 

 Langelier, Lieutenant Governor, and Lady 

 Langelier, attended by Captain Victor 

 Pelletier, A. I). C. About two liundred 

 were present for the ceremony, iiuiuding 

 Hon. J. E. Caron, Minister of Agriculture 

 for Quebec; His Worship Mayor Drouin, 

 of Quebec; Hon. Cyr F. Delage, President 

 of the Quebec ExhiViitioii ( "oininission, 

 and Mr. (i. Morisset, Secretary; Mr. Wil- 

 liam Power, M.P., President of the Cana- 

 dian Forestry Association; Mgr. Rouleau, 

 rector of the Normal School; Mr. Avila 

 Bedard, Professor of the Quebec Forestry 

 School, Laval University. There were also 

 present a number of members of the Legis- 

 lature, members of the City Council, Direc- 

 tors of the Exhibition ('ommission, stu- 

 dents of the Forestry Scliool, and jiromin- 

 ent citizens. His Honor the Lieutenant- 

 Governor planted the first tree, taking the 

 spade from the garilener and filling in the 

 sod, amid general applause. Trees were 

 also jdanted by Lady Langelier, Mde. De- 

 lage, Hon. J. E. Caron, Mr. Wm. Power, 

 M.P., His Worship the Mayor, Mgr. Rou- 

 leau, Mr. Eug. Leclerc, Hoii. Mr. Roberge, 

 Aid. J. Collier, and Aid. G. Gibson. Mr. 



Power, as I'resident of the Canadian For- 

 estry Association, was called upon for a 

 speech upon the occasion. He briefly ex- 

 plained tlie aims of the Association, and 

 said it was in agreement with all eflforts 

 to make people realize the importance ami 

 necessity of the forests. He spoke of the 

 beginning of the work in Canada, ami, in 

 planting the tree assigned to him, dedi- 

 cated it to the memory of Sir Henri Joly 

 de Lotbiniere, one of the fathers of fores- 

 try iu Canada and the first President of 

 the Canadian Forestry Association. After 

 the planting ceremony had been concluded 

 the directors of the Exliibition Commis- 

 sion conducted their guests to the Grecian 

 Temple, where a group ])hotograph was 

 taken, after whicdi all rcp.-iired to the Ad- 

 ministration Building, where refreshments 

 were served. 



The Chief Game Wanlcn of New Hrnns- 

 wick has made his Annual Report of the 

 number of deer killed in that province in 

 191.'{. The figures are as follows: moose, 

 l,4!t!»; deer, L',(l7.^ ; caribou, 4.")4 ; a total of 

 4,(iiiS. These figures are interesting in view 

 of the statement in a history of New Bruns- 

 wick j)ublisheii in IHIM to the eflFect that the 

 last moose had vanished from the forests 

 of that province. These figures also show 

 what can be done by proper methods of 

 game protection, ami the same hohls true in 

 regard to forest protection. New Bruns- 

 wick 's revenue from game licenses is more 

 than sufficient to pay its present fire and 

 game protection organization. 



