The Annual Meeling 



19 



Montreal, one of the pioneers in forest 

 conservation in Canada and one of the 

 early Presidents of this Association, whose 

 i-hunijiiouship of the cause in the days of 

 its unpopularity aided nuich in its subse- 

 quent advancement, and the members hope 

 that Mr. Little will be speedily restored 

 to health and spared for many more years 

 of usefulness in the battle for better for- 

 estry methods. 



Moved by Chancellor C. C. Jones, sec- 

 onded by Sir. EUwood Wilson and Re- 

 solved: That the trustees of the Carnegie 

 Public Library be accorded the thanks of 

 this Association for their kindness in 

 placing at its disposal for tlie annual meet- 

 ing the lecture hall and committee room 

 of the Library. 



Mr F. C. Whitman, Annapolis Royal, N.S., 

 President Canadian Forestry 

 Association, 1915-16. 



Moved by Mr. G. C. Piche, seconded by 

 Dr. Fernow, and Resolved: That Messrs. 

 Frank Hawkins and T. E. Clendinnen be 

 paid the sum of ten dollars each for their 

 services as auditors of the Association in 

 the past year and that they he and are 

 hereby appointed auditors for 1915. 



It was moved by Mr. A. C. Campbell, 

 seconded by Mr. Thomas Fawcett and Re- 

 solved: That this meeting expresses its 

 condolence with the families of deceased 

 members mentioned in the Directors' Re- 

 port. 



The Chairman e.xplained that at tlie 

 meeting of the Directors in the afternoon 

 the Secretary, Mr. James Lawler, handed 

 in his resignation, the same to take effect 

 on Jan. ."11, but that .\Ir. Lawler had agreed 

 to carry on the routine work of tiie Asso- 

 ci:ition until a new Secretary was ap- 

 l>oiiited. 



Mr. Lawler explained that he left the 

 work witli regret. He spoke of the har- 

 mony that liad always existed lietween 

 himself and the Board an<l thankoi the 

 Directors and past Presidents for the sym- 

 pathy and support they had always ac- 

 corded him. 



The resolution passed by the Board of 

 Directors dealing with this matter in the 

 afternoon, given in another part of this 

 issue, was read to the meeting. 



Mr. R. IL Campbell, convener, j)resented 

 the report of the Nominating Committee 

 and the same was adopted by the meet- 

 ing, upon motion of Mr. Campbell, sec- 

 onded by Mr. Wilson. This report nomi- 

 nated for election the officers for 19ir)-l(5 

 as they appear in the list on the front page 

 of this issue. It was the desire of the 

 Committee to nominate Mr. William Power, 

 ^[.P., to the Presidency for another year 

 but while unable to be present, owing to 

 a trip to England at an earlier date than 

 expected, Mr. Power had sent word that 

 he was unable to accept the office for the 

 coming year. ^Ir. F. C. Whitman, of An- 

 napolis Royal, N.S., was elected President 

 and Lt.-Col. J. B. Miller of Toronto, Vice- 

 President. The only other changes were 

 in the list of Territorial Vicc-Presjilents 

 where owing to changes in the Ministry 

 of Lands and Forests in each case, Hon. G. 

 Howard Ferguson was elected Vice-Presi- 

 dent for Ontario to succeed Hon. W. H. 

 Hearst, and Hon. Geo. J. Clarke, Vice- 

 President for New Brunswick, to succeed 

 Hon. J. K. Flcmming. 



It was moved by Mr. J. B. White, sec- 

 onded by Mr. R. H. Campbell, and 

 Resolved:' That the thanks of this Asso- 

 ciation be accorded the retiring President, 

 Mr. William I'ower, M.P., for the very 

 valuable services ho has rendered to this 

 Association. Up to the time of the otit- 

 break of the war Mr. Power looked for- 

 ward with great interest to the holding of 

 the Halifax Convention, and made a care- 

 ful entjuiry into the peculiar needs ami 

 conditions of that province. The necessity 

 of giving up the Convention becau.se of 

 the war was a great disappointment to 

 him. It was the desire of the Association 

 that ^rr. Power shouM hold office for an- 

 other year but he was unable to accept 

 the office. 



In presenting this resolution, which was 

 warmly applauded, the mover pointed out 

 that the war came very close home to Mr. 

 Power in that he had two sons serving in 



