Schemes of Afforestation by the Board of Agriculture. 



At last Annual Meeting, Dr Greig referred to a number of 

 schemes that were under the consideration of the Board of 

 Agriculture, but were then not sufficiently advanced to enable 

 him to give fuller particulars regarding them. The Council 

 regrets that though the matter has developed since Dr Greig 

 spoke, not one of the schemes to which he referred appears to 

 have materialised. Some correspondence has taken place 

 between the Council and the Board as regards these schemes, 

 but unfortunately no further particulars have been obtainable 

 from the Board about any of them. In the last reply, which 

 was received on 23rd September, the Board merely referred to 

 their previous reply of 16th June last, in which they said that 

 the planting proposals were being considered by the respective 

 proprietors, and that the Board would be glad to supply the 

 Council with particulars of the Craigmyle scheme if the pro- 

 prietor had no objection. No further reply has been received. 

 The Council desire to point out that afforestation can never 

 make progress if it is pursued in this leisurely fashion. 



Scottish Council of Agriculture. 



Mr Allan and the Secretary were the Society's representatives 

 on this Council during the past year. It has been decided, 

 however, not to ask representation on this body in future. 



Income Tax on Woodlands. 



The Finance Bill of 1918, as introduced into the House of 

 Commons, would have made forestry liable to income tax on 

 double the annual value of the land under Schedule B. The 

 Council appointed a small Committee to look into this matter, 

 but the Chancellor of the Exchequer intimated that woodlands 

 would be excluded from this provision, and as effect was given 

 to this promise in the course of debate, the Committee was able 

 to report that the threatened additional burden as regards 

 income tax had been abandoned. The Council, however, 

 continued the Committee to look further into the question of 

 taxation, as the existing burdens were still very heavy. This 

 question was fully dealt with by the President in a letter 

 addressed by him to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and 

 subsequently printed in the Transactions. 



Introduction to Forestry for Young People. 



Three editions of this small book, numbering 4000 copies 

 were printed. A number of these copies were sold. A copy 

 was also sent to each rural schoolmaster in the country, along 

 with a note indicating that additional copies might be available 



