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conservation of the forests of the Dominion is a subject as much 
of imperial as of colonial interest, and it seems to me that the 
establishment of a thoroughly equipped forest school in Canada, 
the cost or part of the cost of which might be jointly borne by 
the Dominion and the Imperial Governments, would not only 
produce a number of well-trained foresters, under whose care the 
timber supplv of the Dominion would be efficiently fostered, but 
would afford admirable means for training British foresters for 
service in distant parts of the empire. To acquire such technical 
training it would not then be necessary to repair to a foreign 
countrv, the instruction would be given in what is still the 
greatest forest region in the world, the school could be reached 
in less than a fortnight from any part of the United Kingdom, 
and cheap ocean fares and inexpensive living in the Canadian 
t'orest school would add to the attractiveness of such an insti- 
tution. 
Canada is so near to us that for some years past she has been 
represented at the Annual Meetings of the Royal Agricultural 
Societv, where the Canadian exhibit is always a pleasing and 
instructive feature. The Dominion exhibit, under the care of 
Mr. John Dvke, of Liverpool, and Mr. Thomas Grahame, of 
Glasgow, comprises produce from ali parts of Canada, and no 
doubt some readers will remember the monster Canadian cheese 
at Kilburn. The other exhibit, that of the Canadian Pacific 
Rail way, IS under the superintendence of ^Ir. Alexander Begg, 
and is concerned more particularly with the produce of the 
prairie. These exhibits are always worth inspection ; but a far 
better way of becoming acquainted with the Dominion is to pay 
it a visit, a joumev to Canada in the summer having now 
become an easy, pleasurable, and instructive trip, the ocean 
passage from Liverpool to Quebec not occupving more than 
eight or nine days. During the last two summers a consider- 
able number of agriculturists, most of them combining business 
with pleasure, have visited the Dominion, and bv means such as 
these the resources of Canada are bound to become better known 
and understood among us, and it is well that this should be 
so. It is perhaps worth mentioning here that on mv return 
voyage in the Allan mail steamer, " Parisian," an impromptu 
meeting was convened in the saloon one afternoon, under the 
chairmanship of Lord George Hamilton, M.P., to discuss the 
question, " Is Canada a suitable field for emigration ? " and the 
expression of opinion, which included that of General Sir J. H. 
Lefroy, R.A., F.R.S., whose knowledge of the Dominion extends 
back for nearly half a century, was almost unanimously in the 
the affirmative. 
I desire here to acknowledge my obligations and to express my 
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