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completed. The second part of Vol. XI. of the Transactions has 
been issued, and the contents are of special interest, including 
extracts from the Report of the Select Committee of the House of 
Commons on Forestry, 1885; Major Bailey’s excellent account of 
the Indian Forest School at Dehra Din ; M. Boppe’s Report on the 
visit to the Scottish and English Forests in 1881 of Professors of 
the Forest School, Nancy, France ; and practical papers by Messrs 
Webster, Glen, and Dodds. 
During the past year several notable members have been 
removed from us by death. A few days ago the demise was 
announced of a distinguished Scottish forester, an original member 
and the first President of this Society, 1854-57—-Mr James Brown, 
LL.D., late of Craigmill, Stirling, who died at Ontario, Canada. 
He was well known and highly esteemed by many of the older 
members, and his work, ‘“‘ Brown’s Forester,” has passed through 
several editions, and still is a standard work of reference. One 
of his sons, Mr J. E. Brown, is doing excellent work as Con- 
servator of Forests, Adelaide, and has brought out an illustrated 
Forest Flora of South Australia. Among other deceased members 
are Mr John Ferguson, late Deputy-Conservator of Forests, 
Madras, Lord Waveney, and Mr Colquhoun of Luss. 
The premature dissolution of Parliament having brought to a 
sudden close the deliberations of the Select Committee appointed 
to consider “ whether, by the establishment of a Forest School, or 
otherwise, our woodlands could be rendered more remunerative ”— 
their report, which was issued on 10th July, contained the 
evidence of only five witnesses—Colonel Pearson (re-examined), 
Dr Croumbie Brown, Dr Schlich, Inspector-General of Forests 
to the Government of India, Mr Julian Rogers, Secretary, 
Institution of Civil Engineers, and Mr Alexander Mackenzie, 
Superintendent, Epping Forest. The subject was pretty well 
threshed out, and the witnesses were all agreed on the main 
question, although they differed as to minor details. There 
was but one opinion that foresters should be instructed as 
to the theory of their craft. How this might be best accom- 
plished, and where the conveniences could be best found in 
Great Britain for establishing a Forest School capable of impart- 
ing the special knowledge acquired in Continental schools, is still 
open to discussion. Dr Croumbie Brown and I spoke strongly in 
favour of Edinburgh. Other witnesses advocated the Agricultural 
Colleges at Cirencester and Downton, and Cooper’s Hill Indian 
