TEANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



EOYAL SCOTTISH ARBOEICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



I. Departmental Counnittee on British Forestry appointed by 

 the Board of Agriculture.^ 



Report to the President of the Board of Agriculture. 



Sir, 



The Committee which yon appointed on the 20th February 

 last, to inquire into and report upon the present position and 

 future prospects of forestry, and the planting and management of 

 woodlands in Great Britain, and to consider whether any measures 

 might with advantage be taken, either by the provision of further 

 educational facilities or otherwise, for their promotion and en- 

 couragement, have agreed to the following Report. 



Witnesses. 



1. We have held six sittings for the purpose of taking evidence, 

 and have examined witnesses from among the various classes 

 concerned with our woodlands. These witnesses have comprised 

 the Earl of Selborne, Lord Glanusk, and Sir John W. Ramsden, 

 Bart., representing owners of woodlands ; among estate managers 

 and agents, Mr A. Slater, Land Stewai'd to H.M. the King at 

 Osborne, Mr A. Vernon, now President of the Surveyors' 

 Institution, Mr D. W. Drummond, Estate Agent to the Earl of 

 Cawdor and Sir James Drummond in South Wales ; and, among 

 foresters, Mr A. C. Forbes, Forester to the Marquess of Bath, 

 Mr W. B. Havelock, Forester to the Earl of Yarborough, and 

 Mr A. Pitcaithley, Forester to the Earl of Mansfield. With the 

 view of ascertaining whether British was at any disadvantage as 

 compared with foreign timber, and to what extent any alleged 



^ Reprinted by permission of the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery 

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