. Canadian forest industries January-June 1913. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. , • CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 35 Forestry Association's Annual Meeting Successful Results Reported for Operations of the Past Year—Hon. W. A. Charlton, President for 1913—Next Convention at Winnipeg The fourteenth annual business meeting of the Canadian Forestry Association was held in the Board of Trade Rooms, Ottawa, on Febru- ary 5th. The reports presented showed that a large amount of work had been done during the year. Two conventions were held
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1913. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. , • CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 35 Forestry Association's Annual Meeting Successful Results Reported for Operations of the Past Year—Hon. W. A. Charlton, President for 1913—Next Convention at Winnipeg The fourteenth annual business meeting of the Canadian Forestry Association was held in the Board of Trade Rooms, Ottawa, on Febru- ary 5th. The reports presented showed that a large amount of work had been done during the year. Two conventions were held, one in Ottawa, and one in Victoria, , at each of which, great interest was manifested in the work of forest conservation. At the latter convention representatives of all the Provinces except Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island were present. The report of the Directors showed steady progress in forest con- servation during the year. The Dominion Forest Branch, in addition to its tree planting work, examined a number of areas in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba to ascertain if these should be put into forest reserves. In British Columbia a new and vigorous forest service had been organized on July 1st. The report referred to the success which had attended the annual convention of the Association at Victoria, , in September last. During the year 1912 progress in conservation had been steady in. Hon. W. A. Charlton, Toronto, Ont. Canada. The Ontario government and the Ontario limit holders had had over 1,000 rangers in the field during the danger season. It would appear that the total federal and provincial government and private companies' expenditure on forest protection during 1912 had amounted to between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000. Referring to the edu- cation of forest rangers the report said "Another part of the field of education has not yet been touched, namely that of training the rank and file of the forest protective army, the for
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