328 TRANSACTIONS OF KOYAL SCOTTISH ARBOKICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



of the Departmental Committee appointed by the Board of Agri- 

 culture to inquire into and report upon British Forestry, 1902. 



Three copies of this circular are herewith transmitted, and I 

 have to request you to favour the Board by returning two copies 

 with the schedule duly filled up, so that one of them may be sent 

 to the Board of Agriculture for their information. — I am, sir, 

 your obedient servant, 



G. Falconar-Stewart, Secretary. 



Copy of Letter addressed to Local Governtnent Board for Scotland 

 hy the Board of Agriculture. 



Boaed of Agriculture, 4 Whitehall Place, 

 London, S.W., %rd August 1903. 



Sir, — I' am directed by the Board of Agi-iculture to transmit 

 herewith, for the information of the Local Government Board for 

 Scotland, a copy of an extract from the Report of the Depart- 

 mental Committee on British Forestry, and to state that they 

 would be glad if you could furnish them with a list of the muni- 

 cipalities in Scotland which have acquired the freehold or long 

 leasehold of the catchment areas from which their water-supplies 

 are derived, with a statement of the acreage and altitude of the 

 respective areas. I am to explain that it is not a list of muni- 

 cipalities owning their waterworks merely that is required, but a 

 list of those towns which have, usually from sanitary considera- 

 tions, acquii'ed by purchase or otherwise considerable areas of 

 land from which their waterworks derive their supplies of water, 

 or which exercise full control over such land. So far as the 

 Board are aware, the municipalities of Liverpool, Manchester, 

 Birmingham, Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, and Bury in England, 

 and of Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland, would be included 

 partly or entirely in the list, but there are doubtless others. 



I am to say that, if no such list is available, the Board would 

 be greatly obliged if the Local Government Board could see their 

 way to have such a return prepared. — I am, sir, your obedient 

 servant, A. W. Anstruther, Assistant Secretary. 



The schedule includes the following headings under which 

 information is asked: — 1. Locality of catchment area of water- 

 supply. 2. Terms under which land acquired; whether freehold 

 or leasehold. 3. Acreage. 4. Range of altitude. 5. Description 

 of gathering ground : (a) Geological formation ; (6) how much 

 of the area is hill pasture? (c) how much arable? {d) how much 



