20 TRANSACTIONS OF ROVAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



5. Deputation to Scottish Members of Parliament. 



A deputation from the Royal Scottish Arboricultiiral Society, 

 consisting of Sir Andrew Agnew (President), Sir John Stirling- 

 Maxwell (Honorary Secretary), Lord Lovat, Mr S. J. Gammell, 

 and Colonel Steuart Fothringham (Members of Council), and 

 Mr Robert Galloway, S.S.C. (Secretary and Treasurer), attended 

 a conference with the Scottish Members of Parliament in the 

 House of Commons on Tuesday, 4th July, at 5 p.m., with regard 

 to the creation of a separate Department of Forestry for Scotland 

 in connection with the Board of Agriculture for Scotland, and the 

 promotion of forestry generally in accordance with the Council's 

 Resolution and Memorandum of March last.i 



The circular convening the meeting was signed by ten 

 Scottish Members of the House, representing all parties. The 

 Right Hon. E. Wason, M. P., presided,. and amongst the Members 

 present were Mr MacCallum Scott, Mr Mackinder, Mr Dundas 

 White, Mr Watt, Mr Duncan Millar, Mr Pringle, Sir J. 

 M'Callum, Mr Currie, Mr Barnes, Mr Holmes, Sir William 

 Beale, Colonel Greig, Mr Murray Macdonald, Mr Molteno, 

 Mr J. M. Henderson, Mr Cowan, Sir John Dewar, Sir John 

 Jardine, Mr Macpherson, Mr Maclean, Mr Morton, Major 

 M'Micking, Mr Hogge, Mr Adamson, Mr Dalrymple, 

 Mr Allen, and Mr Falconer. Apologies for absence were 

 intimated from Sir George Younger, Mr Whyte, and others. 



The chairman extended a cordial welcome to the deputation 

 and assured them of a very sympathetic hearing. He said 

 that the Members present represented all parts of the country, 

 and were all interested in the subject. They all felt that it 

 was high time the matter of afforestation was taken in hand. 

 The Government was cutting down and the Government should 

 also plant. The Scottish M.P.'s, he was sure, would do their 

 best to get the Government to take the matter up at once. 



Sir Andrew Agnew thanked the chairman for the reception 

 he had given the deputation, and also the Members for coming to 

 meet them. He then submitted to the meeting the resolution 

 which had been passed by the Council of the Royal Scottish 

 Arboricultural Society : — " That it is necessary, in order 

 to provide for the nation's future requirements of coniferous 

 timber and such hardwood timber as can be economically 

 ' See Vol. XXX., p. ico, July 1916. 



