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art. They would form, in a few years, a precious series 

 of documents, which would enable our legislators to 

 judge of the progress made in the exploitation of the 

 woodlands : on the one side, to put a stop to the 

 destruction of our timber-lands, on the other, to make 

 use of every means likely to favour their development. 



Thus, we should all benefit by the knowledge of 

 men who have devoted themselves to the earnest 

 study of the forest-question. The meeting together of 

 these specialists would insure the examination and solu- 

 tion of those complex problems which await determina- 

 tion before we can arrive at a perfected forest-law which 

 shall meet all the exigences of our present position. 



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