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forts be iiiade to induce the Dominion Gov- 

 ernment to place the Intercolonial Eailway 

 and the National Transcontinental Eailway, 

 so far as operated by the Dominion Gov- 

 ernment, under the same regulations as to 

 fire protection as the privately-owned rail- 

 ways of the Dominion are placed by the 

 Dominion Board of Railway Commissioners. 



A letter was also read from Mr. Sidney 

 Downer of the Macleod Pulp Co., Liverpool, 

 Nova Scotia, protesting against the custom 

 of allowing from thirty thousand to fifty 

 thousand young spruce trees to be cut along 

 the south shore of Nova Scotia every winter 

 for export to Boston as Christmas trees. 



The Chairman presented the Directors' 

 Eeport as i1» appears on another page, and 

 the same was adopted on motion of Col. 

 Harkom, seconded by Mr. Wilson. 



Treasurer's Eeport. 



The Secretary presented the Eeport of the 

 Treasurer for the year 1914 as certified by 

 the Auditors, as follow^: — 



Beceipts. 



Balance from 1913 $ 925 19 



Membership fees 2,086 21 



Sale of reports, etc 13 2.^ 



Advertising in torestry Journal 125 41 



Sale of lantern 35 00 



Grant from Dominion Govt 2,000 00 



Grant from Ontario Govt 300 00 



Grant from Nova Scotia Govt. 



(for convention) 400 00 



Grant from British Columbia 



Govt 200 00 



Interest 54 70 



$6,139 76 



Ex'penditure. 



Salaries $2,579 71 



Forestry Journal 787 59 



Printing and Supplies 253 58 



Annual Eeports 505 37 



Secretary's expenses 100 00 



Telegraph and telephone 8 54 



Halifax Convention 524 63 



Lantern lectures 128 95 



Commission on cheques 10 84 



Postage 105 00 



Miscellaneous 18 61 



Eefund to Nova Scotia Govern- 

 ment of grant for Convention 400 00 

 Furniture (including addressing 



machine) ...."• 110 75 



Balance 606 19 



$6,139 76 



On motion of Mr. Hall, seconded by Mr. 

 Wilson, the Treasurer's Eeport as certified 

 by the Auditors was received and adopted. 



Special Committees. 



Mr. A. S. Goodeve, convener of the Spe- 

 cial Committee on a Forestry Congress, re- 

 ported that on July 22 Sir Eobert Borden,. 

 Prime Minister, had intimated that he was 

 ready to take up the question of a Dominion 

 Forestry Congress. He (Mr. Goodeve) had 

 immediately replied through the Secretary 

 of the Forestry Association that the Com- 

 mittee was ready to assist in any way pos- 

 sible and asking for infoi-mation on certain 

 points which was necessary before the Com- 

 mittee could act. In a few days subsequent 

 to this war broke out and nothing further 

 had been done. 



Mr. Ellwood Wilson, convener of the Spe- 

 cial Committee on the formation of Local 

 Associations reported that he had done a 

 good deal of work in the year in endeavour- 

 ing to arouse interest in the formation of 

 local associations, but the parties approach- 

 ed had not resjjonded. 



It was mpved by Mr. Wilson, seconded 

 by Mr. Power, and Eesolved: That the As- 

 sociation strongly urge the Government to 

 subject the National Transcontinental and 

 Intercolonial Eailways to the same rules and 

 regulations, as to fire patrols and fire pro- 

 tection, as are now imposed on all other 

 railways by the Board of Railway Commis- 

 sioners for Canada. 



Moved by Col. Harkom, seconded by 

 Chancellor C. C. Jones, and Eesolved: That 

 a committee of five (to be nominated by 

 the Chairman) be appointed to subimit to 

 the Government a copy of the above Eeso- 

 lution, the Committee to hold office until 

 the next annual meeting. 



Subsequently this committee vpas se- 

 lected as follows: Hon. H. Bostock (con- 

 vener) and Messrs. Denis Murphy, C. Jack- 

 son Booth, Ellwood Wilson and Chancellor 

 Jones. 



It was moved by Mr. A. S. Goodeve, 

 seconded by Lt.-Col. J. B. Millar, and Ee- 

 solved: That the thanks of this Associa- 

 tion be accorded His Royal Highness the 

 Governor-General for his kindness in act- 

 ing as Patron of the Association; the Gov- 

 ernments, and Chartered Banks which 

 have assisted the Association by way of 

 grants, to the Railways for facilitating the 

 work in various ways, and the Press of 

 Canada for their sympathetic help in the 

 way of publicity. 



Moved by Hon. Sydney Fisher, seconded 

 by Mr. A. C. Campbell, and Eesolved, That 

 the members of the Canadian Forestry As- 

 sociation learn with regret that impaired 

 health is the cause of the absence from 

 this meeting of Mr. William Little of 



