Universities and Colleges spoke on behalf of their various con- 

 stituents. In his reply, Sir Henry Craik pointed out that he 

 could only deal with the Universities through the Agricultural 

 Colleges, and said that in the event of these Colleges using the 

 Classes in the Universities in connection with their course, the 

 Department would be willing to subsidise them. He also said 

 that in the event of the Colleges contributing funds towards the 

 maintenance of a Demonstration Forest and Forest Garden, 

 and charging these items in their accounts, the Department 

 would be willing to give grants for such expenditure. He then 

 asked the representatives present to prepare and send him their 

 proposals on the subject of Forestry Education, and said that 

 when these were received the Department would consider the 

 expediency of asking an expert to report thereon, who would 

 probably visit Scotland in connection with the matter, and that 

 full information would be given to the Society. Following upon 

 this Conference, the Council, at their Meeting on nth June last, 

 passed the following resolution, namely : — " That in the opinion 

 of the Council of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society the 

 existing administrative machinery is insufficient to develop a full 

 course of instruction in Sylviculture in Scotland, and that it is 

 essential to make adequate provision to attain that end." This 

 resolution was sent to the Secretary for Scotland and Sir Henry 

 Craik, and was duly acknowledged. 



Through the kindness of the Perthshire Society of Natural 

 Science, a Conference of the Society was held in their rooms 

 at Perth on 22nd July last, when the matter was further dis- 

 cussed. (A Report of this Conference will be found in the 

 Transactions}! 



Steps have been taken by the Council to endeavour to secure 

 a suitable area for a Demonstration Forest, and various estates 

 have been brought under the notice of the Board of Agriculture 

 and the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. Up till now, 

 however, these Departments have not been able to express 

 approval of any of the estates submitted to them, and the Council 

 are, therefore, still on the outlook for a suitable area. 



Forestry Exhibitions. 



The Forestry Exhibition held at Perth was considered to be 

 a great advance upon any of the exhibitions previously held, 

 the exhibits of timber being particularly good. The Judges 

 were Mr Adam Spiers, Wood Merchant, Edinburgh ; Mr John 

 Boyd, Forester, Pollok Estate; Mr Colin Chisholm, Lundin 

 and Montrave Estates. From their report, which has been 

 printed in full in the Proceedings of the General Meeting held at 

 Perth, it will be seen that they awarded £,2^ in cash, two Gold 

 Medals, two No. i Silver Medals, and five No. 2 Silver Medals, 

 besides commending various other exhibits. In their Report 



