170 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
We may treat this part under three heads, as follows :— 
1. The best means of acquiring the land and administration of 
the area, 
. The amount required to carry out the scheme. 
. The best means of raising that amount. 
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1. The Best Means of Acquiring the Land, ete. 
Two methods present themselves as feasible in this direction — 
direct purchase, and taking it on lease for a long period, The 
latter method, however, in view of the nature of the undertaking, 
appears to us unsuitable, and need not be further discussed. The 
only satisfactory method would be direct purchase of the area 
by the proper authority responsible for its acquisition. This 
authority, in our opinion, ought to consist of trustees of the sum 
subscribed from various sources in aid of the project, and who 
would be appointed by the public bodies under whose auspices it 
would be developed. Amongst such we may assume that the 
Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society and the Highland and 
Agricultural Society of Scotland would occupy prominent posi- 
tions, while the general public would be represented by the 
Board of Agriculture. In addition to these trustees, the bodies 
above named should appoint a committee entrusted with the duty 
of finding and selecting a suitable area, and which should consist 
of experts or authorities on forestry and forestry education. 
With regard to the modus operandi adopted by such a committee, 
we should suggest that a circular should be issued by them to the 
land-owning members of the above-named societies, setting forth 
as Clearly as possible the kind of area required, and inviting the 
owners of such areas to enter into communication with them with 
a view to sale. 
When the area bas been finally selected and acquired, the same 
committee should be reappointed to arrange for its being worked 
in accordance with adopted principles. This committee should 
constitute a board of management, before whom all administrative 
matters in connection with the technical and financial working of 
the forest area should come, and who should issue a report yearly 
or half-yearly, showing what progress has been made in the 
organisation of the area, and the state of its finances. 
The above committee should be composed, as much as p)ssible, 
of ex officio members representing the educational institutions in 
