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a.d. 1919. order made thereunder, any enactment incorporated with the 

 order, this Act together with the order shall be deemed to be 

 the special Act and the Commissioners shall be deemed to be 

 the promoters of the undertaking, and the expression " land " 

 shall include easements, in or relating to land. 



(8) In this Schedule the expression "prescribed" means 

 prescribed by the Development Commissioners, and in Scotland 

 the expression "easements" means servitudes. 



3. Forestry Exhibition in the Showyard of the 

 Highland and Agricultural Society, held at 

 Edinburgh, 8th to nth July 1019. 



This exhibition differed from those held in pre-war days in 

 that it was non-competitive. It was considered that the time 

 was not opportune for this class of exhibition, interesting and 

 stimulating as it has proved to be under normal conditions. 

 It is perhaps, however, not quite accurate to say that the 

 element of competition was lacking, at least if one takes into 

 consideration the main object which this exhibition was intended 

 to demonstrate, that is, the relative merits of home-grown and 

 foreign-grown timber. In other words the competition this year 

 was not between individuals but between this country and other 

 timber-producing lands. 



The bulk of the exhibits consisted of a large collection of 

 timber specimens which were brought together by the Timber 

 Supply Department of the Board of Trade from various parts of 

 Scotland, where timber exploitation was carried on in connection 

 with the war. It was generally admitted that it was one of the 

 best object-lessons of the kind which had as yet been brought 

 before the public. The specimens were not specially selected for 

 the purpose, but were average samples of what had been supplied 

 to the army, the railways and the collieries, and they, therefore, 

 gave a much better idea of the capabilities of the Scottish soil 

 and climate for timber production than if they had been from 

 specially selected trees. 



Striking evidence was afforded of the decided superiority of 

 our home-grown broad-leaved timber to the foreign product. 

 Where it was possible to compare home and foreign timber, as 

 was the case with the squares of home and foreign oak flooring, 



