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Canadian Forestry Journal, October, ipi6 



(Courtesy Grand Trunk Railway System.) 

 VISTA ON LAKE OF BAYS, ONTARIO. 



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Future of the B. C. Forest Service 



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The resignation of Mr. H. R. Mac- 

 Millan as Chief Forester of British 

 Columbia to become Assistant Mana- 

 ger of the Victoria Lumber and Manu- 

 facturing Company, leaves a blank in 

 the forest service of the province which 

 will require the utmost care in filling. 

 Mr. MacMillan's qualifications em- 

 braced thorough technical training, a 

 varied practical experience, good judg- 

 ment, and unquenchable enthusiasm. 

 If the British Columbia Forest Service 

 is to continue to have as skilled direc- 

 tion as Mr. MacMillan was able to give 

 to it, the selection of a successor must 

 be patterned upon qualifications of an 

 equally high order. The Forest Ser- 

 vice has not been in operation so long 

 as to run automatically or to disregard 



for a moment the personal capability 

 of its director. It is precisely at the 

 stage where, having fixed itself as an 

 essential in the provincial machinery, 

 skilful and determined guidance is re- 

 quired to adjust it to the special prob- 

 lems of the future. There is reason 

 to believe that the new Premier will 

 find no difficulty in appointing a Chief 

 Forester without violating the Civil 

 Service principle to which he has com- 

 mitted his Government. 



At the present time the Forest Ser- 

 vice of British Columbia has special 

 claims upon the new government for 

 the most generous consideration. The 

 large number of enlistments depleted 

 the forest guarding forces so that the 

 excellent record of the past two years 



