CONTENTS. 



The Society does not hold itself responsible for the statennents 

 or views expressed by the authors of papers. 



PAGB 



1. The Future of Forestry. By Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart. . i 



2. Co-operation between the State and Private Owners for 



Afforestation of Barren Land. By Captain Sydney 

 Gammell ....... 4 



3. Homegrown Pit-wood. By Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, Bart. 11 



4. Continental Notes— France. By A. G. Hobart-Hampden . 13 



5. Deputation to Scottish Members of Parliament . . 20 



6. Hylastes cunicularius, Er., and its Relation to the Forest 



(with Plate). By James W.Munro, B.Sc (Agr.), B.Sc.(For.) 25 



7. Forestry and Income Tax . . . .31 



8. The State Nurseries and Plantations of New Zealand . 36 



9. Correspondence with the Development Commission, May- 



June 1916 ....... 38 



10. The Development Fund and Forestry . . . .44 



11. Root Rot of Coniferous Seedlings . .47 



12. Scrub and Old Oak Coppice Woods. By J. M. Murray, 



B.Sc. ........ 50 



13. Forestry Developments at Craibstone. By P. Leslie, M.A., 



B.Sc. . . . . -53 



14. Particulars of the Farm of Borgie. Presented to the State 



by the Duke of Sutherland ..... 5^ 



15. The Coniferous Forests of Eastern North America ('J'o he 



continued). By Dr Roland M. Harper . . • 59 



Notes and Queries :— The Society's Roll of Honour : Fourth 

 List— Forestry and Young People— The Planting of Berry- 

 bearing Trees round Coniferous Woods — Forest Surveys 

 —The Relation between the Price of Coal and of Pit-wood 

 —Death Duties on Woods— Diseases of the Common 

 Spruce \Picea exce/sa) : Observations in Darnaway Forest 

 — The Poplar ....... 66 



