Canadian Forestry Journal. October, iqi6 



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near Boisetown. The work will pro- 

 ceed until heavv snOAvs come. 



With the B. C. Men. 



Victoria. B.C.. Sept. 26. 1916. 



M. A. Grainger, Acting Chief Forest- 

 er, who outlined briefly the scope of 

 the B. C. Forest Branch and its relation 

 to the lumber industry, and H. R. Mac- 

 Millan, who tendered evidence con- 

 cerning the export position as affect- 

 ing the B. C. lumber industry, were 

 among the witnesses examined by the 

 Dominion Royal Commission during 

 its sittings at Victoria, September^ 20- 

 22. 



Mr. H. R. MacMillan,- who for the 

 last vear and a half has been engaged 

 in a study of the lumber export mar- 

 kets of the world, for the Dominion 

 Department of Trade and Commerce, 

 has tendered his resignation as Chief 

 Forester to the Hon. A\\ R. Ross. Min- 

 ister of Lands, in order to accept a po- 

 sition with the A'ictoria Lumber and 

 Manufacturing Co. of Chemainus, B.C. 

 Mr. MacMillan was one of the first Ca- 

 nadians to take up Forestry as a pro- 

 fession, and has been prominently 

 identified with the forestry movement 

 in Canada for almost ten years, first 

 in the Dominion Forestry Branch, and 

 since 1912 with the British Columbia 

 Forest Service. 



His former and present associates 

 will keenly regret Mr. McAlillan's de- 

 cision to sever his connection with 

 governmental forestry work, but wish 

 him all success in his new position. 



Mr. Louis B. Beale. Lumber Com- 

 missioner for British Columbia, sta- 

 tioned at Toronto, has returned to A'ic- 

 toria for consultation with the Forest 

 Branch, and the lumber manufacturers, 

 concerning the future development of 

 that important work. The B. C. 

 lumber exhibit under Mr. Beale's man- 

 agement at the recent Canadian Na- 

 tional Exhibition, attracted notable at- 

 tention, and as evidence of the growing 

 interest in the Eastern market for 

 British Columbia woods, it may be 

 mentioned that during the first two or 

 three days over 3.000 samples of woods 

 were taken away by persons interested. 



and hundreds entered their names to 

 receive further information, etc. 



The active service list of members 

 of the B. C. Forest Branch continues to 

 grow, and to date 68 have enlisted, in 

 addition to 47 forest guards, v Messrs. 

 Mitchell and Rees have won the Mili- 

 tary Cross. 



Lieut. H. K. Robinson, chief of sur- 

 veys, wrote recently to the Forest 

 Branch from the doubtful securitv of 

 a dug-out in one of the iront line 

 trenches. 



Personal Items. 



(Notes of enlisted members from For- 

 est Laboratories. Montreal.) 

 Lieut. L. L. Brown went overseas 

 as a private in No. 2 Sanitary Section, 

 but early in the summer was transfer- 

 red to No. 1 Canadian Tunnelling 

 Company, and received commission. 

 He has been ill for some time, and is in 

 hospital in England. 



Sergt. F, AV Eraser, 14th Battalion, 

 is in hospital in England, having been 

 badly wounded in June when a high 

 explosive shell injured his left thigh. 



Captain \L \X. Maxwell. No. 1 Ca- 

 nadian Tunnelling Co.. went over as 

 lieutenant last January, and was re- 

 cently promoted to a captaincy. 



Capt. L. N. Seaman. Adjutant. Ca- 

 nadian Brigade Siege Artillery, went 

 across to England with the Siege Artil- 

 lery last winter, and has been prevent- 

 ed from getting to the front on ac- 

 count of two injuries, the first on June 

 3. right arm broken cranking a motor 

 car. the second on August 5, right leg 

 broken near the ankle by driving a mo- 

 torcycle into a ditch. 



Capt. R. A. Spencer, No. 1 Canadian 

 Tunnelling Co. Recently awarded the 

 Military Cross for distinguished ser- 

 vices. He was also promoted to cap- 

 tain. There have been numerous re- 

 ports of his good work at the front. 



Any Member of the C. F. A. 



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 any person regarded as a prospective 

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