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tion with forest reserves and our management of them 

 in the Province of Ontario, but I was not prepared to 

 speak at any length at the present moment. I cannot, 

 however, refuse to say a few words in connection with 

 the forest reserves of Ontario and their management. 

 At the outset I wish to say that I am a great lover of 

 the forest. In" my early days in Canada it was my 

 good fortune, first, to trade with the Indians in the 

 remote part of the province, afterwards, to be engaged 

 in the lumber business, first in the subordinate position 

 of cutting roads and gradually working up, until at the 

 present time I am in charge, as the permanent official 

 of all the timber and Crown Lands of the great Prov- 

 ince of Ontario. In my peregrinations through the 

 back country by canoe, particularly after coming over 

 a long, tiresome portage, it was often a source of great 

 delight to me on putting my canoe down off my head 

 to see a little lake surrounded by the beautiful green 

 forest', figurately, like a diamond set in emeralds. There 

 can be nothing more gratifying to the eye of man than 

 such a sight, particularly under such circumstances. 

 And then, as the eloquent gentleman who has just ad- 

 dressed you a moment ago, said with respect to his 

 experience in his own State of Virginia, I have gone 

 back later to some of these little lakes and seen them 

 spoiled, the timber having been burned up and the 

 locality denuded of all its beauty and become an eye- 

 sore in the landscape. Therefore, as a lover of the 

 beautiful, as one who is fond of nature, I am anxious 

 to do everything in my power to educate the people 

 upon the subject of forestry, and the conservation of 

 our forests, as well from the standpoint of the beautiful 

 as from a commercial standpoint. 



We in Canada have an altogether different system in 

 managing our forests from what you have in this 



