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Enemy Members. 



The Secretary said : " The Council recommend that the 

 names of.any of our enemies which happen to be on our list 

 of members should be deleted. I think we have very few, 

 and I hope this meeting will homologate what the Council 

 propose should be done." 



This was unanimously agreed to. 



Development of Afforestation. 



In his remarks on this subject, the President made special 

 reference to the Statement submitted by the Council, in April 

 last, to the Forestry Sub-Committee of the Reconstruction 

 Committee. Sir Hugh Shaw Stewart moved the approval of 

 the Statement. This was seconded by Mr Paton, Kilmarnock, 

 and unanimously agreed to. (The Statement is printed on pp. 

 8 1-9 1 of Vol. xxxi. of Trafisacfions, and a full report of the 

 speeches will be found on pp. 49-72 of Vol. xxxii.) 



Discussion.^ 



A discussion on National Forestry was opened by Sir John 

 Stirling-Maxwell. Statements on the following branches of the 

 subject were afterwards submitted: — (i) "On the Utilisation of 

 Timber by Railways," by Sir Charles Bine Renshaw, Bart., Chair- 

 man of the Caledonian Railway; (2) "On the Utilisation of Timber 

 by Mines," by Mr Charles A. Carlow, of the Fife Coal Company; 

 (3) "On Forestry in relation to Deer Forests and Sheep Farms," 

 by Col. Stirling, M.P., and Mr D. K. M'Beath ; (4) " On Forestry 

 Education," by Dr Somerville. The meeting then adjourned for 

 lunch. 



On resuming, the Chairman called upon Miss Macdonald, 

 Agriculture Co-operating Officer, who made a statement upon 

 work for women in connection with agriculture and forestry. 



The Chairman then declared the meeting open for general 

 discussion, when the following took part, namely, Messrs 

 Hamilton, Borthwick, Broom, Eraser, Spiers, Richardson, and 

 Sir John Stirling-Maxwell. 



Mr Eraser moved that the Council should ask the Secretary 



^ A full report of the discussion will be found on pp. 6-38 of Vol. xxxii. of 

 the Transactions. 



