. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 8 Canadian Forestry Journal, J , 1912. Mr. Aubrey White, Deputy Minister of Lands and Forests for Ontario, then spoke briefly. He defended the use of college students as fire rangers, claiming that in dealing with parties of sportsmen and campers a young man of education was more capable than the average woods- man or 'lumber-jack.' Other speakers of the morning were Rev. Dr. Geo. Bryee of Winnipeg; J. W. Harkom, of Melbourne, ; Mr. A. Knechtel, Inspector Dominion Forest Re- serves, and Mr. W. H. Berr
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 8 Canadian Forestry Journal, J , 1912. Mr. Aubrey White, Deputy Minister of Lands and Forests for Ontario, then spoke briefly. He defended the use of college students as fire rangers, claiming that in dealing with parties of sportsmen and campers a young man of education was more capable than the average woods- man or 'lumber-jack.' Other speakers of the morning were Rev. Dr. Geo. Bryee of Winnipeg; J. W. Harkom, of Melbourne, ; Mr. A. Knechtel, Inspector Dominion Forest Re- serves, and Mr. W. H. Berry, Assistant De- puty Surveyor-General for New Bruns- wick, St. Stephen, N. B. Wednesday Afternoon. Wednesday afternoon's proceedings were opened with the reading by Dr. Fernow of the Report of the Committee on Forest Fire Legislation. This committee was composed of Dr. Fernov/, chairman, and Messrs. Thos. Southworth, of Toronto, W, C. J. Hall, of Quebec, , Ellwood Wil- son, of Grandmere, , Dr. Judson F. Clark, of Vancouver, , Frank Davi- son, of Bridgewater, , and G. C. Piche, of Quebec, The committee, the report stated, had collected all the existing forest fire legis- lation in Canada and most of the United States. They also received expressions of opinion from competent persons and upon these they based their report. They found that while the Dominion and all the pro- vincial governments had passed legislation to protect forests from fire, these laws varied greatly in detail and in efficiency. They reviewed the laws of all the pro- vinces, and having taken all things into consideration they stated that the law of Nova Scotia was probably the most effi- cient for the conditions there. New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario had laws which were good in many respects, but they were all primarily designed to pro- tect unorganized territory and they needed to be supplemented by provisions looking to the co-operation of county and township authorities in the organi
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