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for a few years, at any rate until permanent accommodation 

 can be got. I ask you to give a vote of thanks to those I have 

 named." 



Sir John Stirling-Maxwell. — " Will you allow me to explain 

 that Mr Allan has given me credit for these photographs in the 

 Exhibition which does not entirely belong to me. They were 

 made by Mr Walter Bell, and I think our Society has good 

 reason to be grateful to him for the time he has voluntarily 

 given to that work, and for the many journeys he has made in 

 order to secure these photographs." 



The Chairman.—" I think there is no question that this Show 

 is extremely successful, and we ought to accord thanks to those 

 who have got it up. I hope it will be a permanent benefit to 

 forestry in this country. I would like, if I may, to ask Mr Brand 

 to say a few words. He is one of the many who have worked 

 very hard for this Exhibit." 



Mr Brand, of the Board of Trade Timber Supply Committee, 

 said: — "I wish to draw particular attention to the samples of 

 wood for commercial purposes. A whole table or stage is 

 covered with articles made from home timber during the war, 

 which before were to a greater or less extent imported. In 

 particular, you would notice a panel of 3-ply wood. That is 

 being manufactured now in Scotland and a great deal of it in 

 England, and it is interesting to know that timber grown in 

 Scotland is now being veneered and put into tea-chests and used 

 for similar purposes. The same remarks apply to basket- 

 making. The wood for fruit-baskets was nearly all imported, 

 but they are able now, in Glasgow particularly, to use our Scots 

 pine and veneer it and utilise it for purposes of that kind. 

 A great business is being done and premises are being extended 

 to cope with the demand for the home article. I have also in 

 my hand a sample that I got as a privilege to show at this 

 Exhibition, but as it is a very scarce commodity, I hesitated to 

 put it in the Exhibition, but I will place it on the table here, 

 and any member may have the opportunity of examining it 

 when the meeting is over. It is a part of the oak that was 

 taken off the roof of Glasgow Cathedral. It is supposed to be 

 made from a piece that had been in the roof for over 700 years, 

 and the material is originally supposed to have been grown at 

 Loch Lomond. It has stood well, and is quite fresh in every 

 way. I hope, if the Exhibition is removed to a permanent 



