INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY EXHIBITION. 69 
months it remained open, it was visited by upwards of half a 
million of people from all parts of the world, among the dis- 
tinguished company being their Royal Highnesses the Prince and 
Princess of Wales, Prince Albert, Prince George, and the Prin- 
cesses Louise, Victoria, and Maud of Wales; several foreign poten- 
tates ; the Premier, Mr Gladstone ; Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart., 
and many other eminent and distinguished men. The result was 
a great success, which must be particularly gratifying to the 
members of this Society, to whom is due the credit of the inception 
of the Exhibition. Its educational effects can hardly yet be fully 
estimated, but they have undoubtedly taken a deep hold of the 
public mind, and will in future prove a permanent benefit to the 
British Empire, as well as to all the foreign countries which 
participated in carrying into effect such an unique and compre- 
hensive Exhibition of the Forest Products of the World, 
The grounds of Donaldson’s Hospital and an adjoining field at 
the west end of Edinburgh, extending to about 15 acres, were 
secured as a site for the Exhibition, and being easy of access by 
road, rail, and tramway, they proved admirable for the purpose. 
The space was laid out with a special view to facilitate the 
working of machinery and the proper display of the exhibits. 
On the spacious lawn in front of the Hospital, a handsome and 
commodious wooden building was erected, consisting of a grand 
gallery, with central, eastern, and western transepts, in which the 
most interesting collections were displayed. Three annexes, at 
the north end of the transepts, were chiefly occupied by a rich 
and varied display of trade exhibits. In the open field there 
were erected a neat wooden suite of offices for the accommodation 
of the Executive and official staff, and numerous buildings and 
enclosures for refreshments, storage, machinery in motion and 
stationary, and for the many other purposes demanded by such an 
Exhibition. There were also erected in the field numerous other 
buildings of an artistic and useful nature, such as Swiss chalets, 
rustic arbours, foresters’ huts, and the like ; among which The 
Queen’s Scots Fir Chalet, or Summer-house, from Balmoral occu- 
pied a prominent position, and deservedly attracted a large share of 
public attention. The general arrangement of the Exhibition and 
grounds is seen from the plan appended hereto, for which the 
Society is indebted to Messrs T. & A. Constable, Edinburgh, the 
printers of the Official Catalogue, who have gratuitously supplied 
copies to illustrate this Report. 
