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"The Council trusts that the Government's intentions so 

 announced will receive legislative sanction as soon as 

 Parliament re-assembles. 



"The Council respectfully repeats to the Government the 

 request that this Society should have an opportunity 

 of considering and expressing its views upon schemes 

 in contemplation for Scotland before they are actually 

 adopted." 



On 15th November it was announced that an Interim Forest 

 Authority had been appointed to make preliminary arrange- 

 ments for developing afforestation in the United Kingdom. 

 The Interim Forest Authority consists of Mr F. D. Acland, M.P., 

 Chairman, Lord Clinton, Major David Davies, Col. W. Steuart 

 Fothringham, Brig.-Gen. Lord Lovat, Mr T. B. Ponsonby, 

 Mr R. L. Robinson, and Mr A. MacCallum Scott, M.P. Soon 

 after their appointment the Authority was kind enough to invite 

 the Council to meet them in Edinburgh, and the meeting was 

 held in 1 Queen Street, on 26th November last, when the 

 following subjects were discussed, namely : — 



(1) Likelihood of desire by landowners to replant. 



(2) Probable dates of replanting. 



(3) Supplies of seeds and seedlings. 



(4) Staff available ; foresters, nurserymen, labour for plant- 



ing. Demobilisation and training. 



(5) Problems of afforestation. 



(6) Any other matters the Council might wish to discuss. 



Under the last heading the Council asked for information as 

 to the nature of the permanent authority to be set up, and 

 suggested that local executives should be constituted without 

 delay and that the Central Authority should keep in touch with 

 these local executives. A full report of this meeting will be 

 found in the new issue of the Transactions. The Council 

 subsequently sent a letter of congratulation to the Interim 

 Forest Authority, and indicated their desire to co-operate with 

 them in furthering their objects. A small Committee of the 

 Council has been appointed to deal with any remits that may 

 be made to them by the Authority. 



The Council is glad to be able to welcome to the meeting 

 Colonel Sutherland, representing the Board of Agriculture for 

 Scotland, and Colonel Fothringham, representing the Interim 

 Forest Authority, who will address the meeting at a later 

 stage. 



The Council desires to invite the attention of members to a 

 Memorandum received from the Interim Forest Authority on 

 the subject of the collection of statistics, which will be published 

 in the forthcoming part of the Transactions. 



