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(12.) Vote of Thanks. This Conference places on record its most grateful thanks to the Federal and Provincial Governments of 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, millowners, lumbermen, and private individuals whom they mot 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 work of the Conference. Victoria, 8.C., 7th September, 1923. List of Delegates. Great Britain — Major-General Lord Lovat, K.T., K.C.M.G., D.5.0., &c, Chairman, Forestry Commission. R. L. Robinson, 0.8. E., 8.A., B.Sc, Commissioner, Forestry Commission. A. W. Borthwick, 0.8. E., D.Sc, Education, Research, and Publications Officer, Forestry Commission. Fraser Story, Intelligence Officer, Forestry Commission. Captain J. W. Munro, D.Sc, B.Sc. (Agr.), B.Sc. (For.), Entomologist, Forestry Commission. Sir James Calder, C.B.E. Lieutenant-Colonel G. L. Courthorpe, M.C., M.P., Chairman, British Empire Forestry Association. Professor R. S. Troup, CLE., M.A., D.Sc, School of Forestry, Oxford University. Australia — Owen Jones, 8.A., Chairman, Forestry Commission of Victoria. India — W. A. Robertson, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Burma. C. G. Trevor, Conservator of Forests, United Provinces. Irish Free State — A. C. Forbes, 0.8. E., Forestry Branch, Department of Agriculture. New Zealand — Captain L. Mcintosh Ellis, B.Sc.F., Director of State Forests. South Africa — C. E. Legat, B.Sc, Chief Conservator of Forests. W. S. Johnstone, Associated Chambers of Commerce. Crown Colonies — Colonial Office. Major R. D. Furse, D.5.0., Assistant Private Secretary for Appointments. Nigeria — J. R. Ainslie, D.F., F.L.S., F.R.G.S., Senior Conservator of Forests. Kenya--E. Battiscombe, Conservator of Forests. Ceylon — R. M. White, 8.A., D.F., Deputy Conservator of Forests. Straits Settlements and Federated Malay Slates — G. E. S. Cubitt, Conservator of Forests. British Guiana — L. S. Hohenkerk, Forestry Officer, Department of Lands and. Minos. Canada, Dominion — E. H. Finlayson, B.Sc.F., Acting Director of Forestry. D. Roy Cameron, B.Sc.F., Dominion Forest Service. British Columbia — P. Z. Caverhill, 8.5. F., Chief Forester, Provincial Forest Service. New Brunswick — G. H. Prince, 8.5. F., Chief Forester, Provincial Forest Service. Nova Scotia — J. A. Knight, K.C., Commissioner of Forests and Game. Ontario — E. J. Zavitz, M.S.F., Provincial Forester. Cji i c o pCj G. C. Piche, M.F., Chief of Forest Service. Honorary Delegates: Mr. A. Bedard, M.F., Assistant Chief of Forest Service, Quebec, Dean of Laval Forest School. Mr. Robson Black, Manager, Canadian Forestry Association. Mr. W. C. Cain, Deputy Minister of Lands and Forests, Ontario. Mr. Roland D. Craig, 8.5.A., F.E., Forest Resources Specialist, Dominion Forest Service. Mr. M. A. Grainger, President, Canadian Society of Forest Engineers. C. D. Howe, Ph.D., Dean of Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Vice-president, Canaelian Forestry Association. Mr. Clyde Leavitt, M.Sc.F., CLief Fire Inspector, Boarei of Railway Commissioners, Canada. Lieutenant-Colonel T. G. Loggie, Deputy Minister of Lands'anel Mines, New Brunswick. Mr. G. R. Naden, Deputy Minister of Lands, British Columbia. The Earl of Strafford, England. Mr. Ellwood Wilson, Chief, Forestry Department, Laurentide Paper Company. (Thirty-seven associate delegates also attended some or all of the sessions.)