16 

 Excursion, 1902. 



Mr D. P. Laird reported that the Excursion Committee had 

 recommended that the Excursion for next year should be held in 

 Norway. It was suggested that they might sail from Newcastle 

 to Christiania, thence along the coast, making excursions inland, 

 and sleeping on board their steamer. The estimated cost of such 

 a trip for twelve days was £12. If it could be arranged, he had 

 no doubt that the Excursion would be a very interesting and 

 instructive one. 



Mr Munro Ferguson said that if they went to Christiania they 

 would see some of the largest Norwegian forests there, and then 

 they could go on to Gothenburg, where they would see some 

 of the great saw-mills and timber-manufacturing works. He 

 thought that in this way a very excellent and instructive tour 

 could be made out. He would suggest that it be left to the 

 President, Mr Laird, Mr Galloway, and himself to make the 

 necessary arrangements. The suggestion was cordially agreed to. 



Proposed Conference with the President of the Board 

 of Agriculture. 



Mr Munro Ferguson reported that he had recently had an 

 informal meeting with Mr Hanbury, and the impression left on 

 his mind by that interview was that Mr Hanbury was sincerely 

 desirous to promote the cause of Agricultural Education, and that 

 being the case, Mr Hanbury was likely also to take an interest 

 in Forestry Education if the matter was properly brought before 

 him. He suggested that the Society should try to arrange a 

 meeting with Mr Hanbury when he came up to the Agricultural 

 Conference in Edinburgh next October, and to enlist his sym- 

 pathies, not only for Forestry Education, but also for the 

 establishment of an Experimental Forest Area in Scotland. 

 This suggestion was cordially agreed to, and it was remitted to 

 the President and Mr Ferguson, to arrange the matter. 



The Society's Jubilee, 16th February 1904. 



Mr John Methven said that as the Society's Jubilee 

 would take place in 1904, it was desirable that this event should 

 be celebrated in a suitable manner, and suggested that an 

 Industrial Exhibition, on a central site, and under a proper 



