NOTES AND QUERIES. 193. 
Mr Manro Ferguson, in introducing the deputation, stated 
generally the points to be raised, and referred especially to the 
advantage which would accrue to Forestry by the establishment 
of a separate office in Edinburgh, under the Agricultural Depart- 
ment, as proposed by the agriculturists of Scotland, provided an 
official having a particular knowledge of Forestry were attached 
‘to the office. The other points dealt with by the deputation 
were—the present condition of Forestry in Scotland, and the 
necessity for providing scientific training for young foresters, by 
Mr Andrew Slater, Haystoun, Peebles; the great and increasing 
importance of Forestry in Scotland, by Mr James Kay, Bute ; 
the afforestation of waste lands in Scotland, by Mr D. F. 
Mackenzie, Factor, Mortonhall ; the acquisition of forest areas 
for experimental and educational purposes, by Colonel Bailey, 
Lecturer on Forestry in the University of Edinburgh; and the 
limited facilities for obtaining Forestry education in Scotland as 
compared with Germany and other countries, by Dr Somerville, 
Professor of Forestry and Agriculture in the Durham College of 
Science, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 
Professor Bayley Balfour afterwards spoke of the success 
which had attended the classes for instruction in Forestry at 
the Royal Botanic Garden, and urged the necessity for a further 
extension of the facilities for education on popular lines; and Sir 
Mark J. Stewart, M.P., referred to the afforestation of waste 
lands which had been carried out on the Continent, especially in 
Germany and France, and pointed out that Scotland afforded 
excellent opportunities for similar experiments. 
Mr Long expressed his gratification at having had the cppor- 
tunity of meeting the deputation, listening to the expression of 
their views, and learning the experience of those most qualified 
to speak on the questions relating to Forestry. He then proceeded 
to reply to the various speakers. He did not approve of the 
proposal to establish a sub-oflice in Edinburgh, but thought it 
would be possible fur the Board of Agriculture to receive the 
assent of the Treasury to the appointment of a correspondent for 
Forestry, who might be able to collect information, and com- 
municate to the Board at different times what was required by 
those who were engaged in Forestry in the country, and he hoped 
that he might himself be able to give effect to a proposal of that 
kind. While admitting what bad been said regarding the great 
importance of covering our waste lands, he could not see his way 
