Proceedings, Committee Reports, and Resolutions of the Conference

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1927
 

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Page 239 - Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Page 369 - Authority of funds sufficient to carry out the accepted policy for a series of years. (4) The grant to members of the forestry service of the status of civil servants with due provision for pension. (5) The appointment as the chief officers of the forestry service of persons having a high standard of training in forestry, their selection and promotion being by merit alone. (6) The establishment in each of the larger parts of the Empire and for the Colonies not possessing responsible government collectively,...
Page 319 - To advise on the development of the mineral resources of the Empire or of particular parts thereof, in order that such resources may be made available for the purposes of Imperial Defence or Industry or Commerce.
Page 411 - A comparison between annual growth and annual consumption of softwoods shows that only three countries in Europe, namely, Sweden, Finland and Montenegro, have a credit balance. Other countries, although some of them may temporarily appear as exporters of timber, do not even produce enough for their own domestic requirements, and most of them are rapidly diminishing their forest capital. The home utilization of softwoods in Europe exceeds the annual increment by about 2,250,000,000 cubic feet. In...
Page 369 - Status. — In order to attain continuity in the development of forest resources, it is desirable that certain elements of stability be secured in the constitution of the forest policy. This may be done by the following measures : — (1) The definition, where this has not been done already, of forest policy in a Forestry Act or Ordinance. (2) The reservation for the purpose of economic management and development of forest land under conditions which prevent the alienation of any which is primarily...
Page 369 - Constitution and Status In order to attain continuity in the development of forest resources, it is desirable that certain elements of stability be secured in the constitution of the forest policy. This may be done by the following measures: 1. The definition, where this has not been done already, of a forest policy in a Forestry Act or Ordinance.
Page 369 - ... of timber and other forest products, and of maintaining and improving climatic conditions in the interests of agriculture and water supply, each of the Governments of the Empire should lay down a definite forest policy to be administered by a properly constituted and adequate forest service.
Page 381 - FIRE PROTECTION, CANADA The widespread damage to timber, property, and life resulting from uncontrolled forest fires is a menace to the economic well-being of the British Empire, and constitutes the greatest single deterrent to the practice of forest management. The Conference endorses the report of its Forest Fire Protection Committee believing that the forest fire problem, though difficult, is capable of solution if the forest authorities receive full public support and the requisite assistance...
Page 390 - Canada for the hospitality, care, and attention which they have shown the delegates throughout their stay in Canada. The delegates also wish to thank the civic authorities, universities, and private associations, mill-owners, lumbermen, and private individuals whom they met in the course of their five-thousand-mile tour for their welcome and acts of kindness and also for the way in which there has been placed at their disposal information which has materially added to the interest and value of the...
Page 402 - The Commit/tee appointed to report on Silviculture in Canada beg to report as follows: 1. By silviculture we understand the treatment of forests in such manner as to ensure continuous production of timber and other forest products for the uses of trade and industry.

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