FORESTRY LEAGUE

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18138, 30 July 1924, Page 14

FORESTRY LEAGUE

CANTERBURY BRANCH. The annual meeting of the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Forestry League was held last evening, Mr James Deans presiding. The annual report expressed gratification that one of the general objects of the League was rapidly being j fulfilled—namely, an interest in fores-: try was being aroused. The amount. of planting going on had increased very rapidly, and many public bodies were now carrying on planting worK. The State Forest Service had had a very successful year and was doing all it could to ipiprove the forest position in New Zealand. A larger membership of the branch was very desirable j in order that the League would be m j a position, no matter what political j party was in power, to exert an in-; fiuence for good. The League had been hampered locally by a lack of funds and the campaign for members was not very satisfactory. The mem- j bership on March 31st was 143. He thought the League could take some j credit from the improved interest in i forestry matters during the past few years. : Mr R. Nairn, in seconding the j motion for the adoption of the report j and balance-sheet, warmlv praised the work that had been done by Mr Deans as chairman. New Zealand, lio iras much more active in forestry matters than was Australia. The report and balance-sheet were adopted. TV election of officers resulted: — President, Dr. Chilton; vice-chairman, Dr. Acland; secretary and treasurer, Mr Brownins; committee, Messrs TV, Bmks. M. Bpthell, J. Deans, W. Mulholland. W. Goss. Robinson, R- Nairn, S. Kellerup, J. Young. W. H. Winsor, Setb-S"iith. Bates, Snott, Langford, Hon. D. Buddo and Dr. Acland; honorary auditor, Mr J. A. B. Pookson. Ren'ying to a that all the 'trees in t.he Botanical Gardens should be labelled, Mr Young said all the trees had been labelled. The great trouble was not in labelling the but in keening the labels on once th<=y were put there. Children shifted the names from one tree to another. Not onlv •that-, but thev threw the labels into the was found when an examination was made that nracticallv every label had bepn mived. Mr Win«or said an effort should be made to interest the punils at the technical schools in the subject of forpctrv. So far as the primary s n hnol cVMren were concerned, it was difficult for them to remember the many peculiar narnes applied to trees. Mr Nairn =°id that n.nv attemrvt to t«ach the children would deoend for its su on e«s on the amount of practical wo-k done. Tt was decided th?t school commit"tepp b« recommended to the tr«>s in snhool crrnnnds in order that the children wnld b® able to learn the names of the different trees.