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other countries. It is quite fifty-five years since I built that 

 property. It is as good to-day as the day it was built and has 

 never had any repairs. It is now nearly forty years ago since I 

 commenced to build works in the shape of a foundry which now 

 occupies two to three acres of land, and not a deal has had to be 

 replaced. The whole of the roof and most of the joisting was 

 all done in home timber, and, I am sorry to say, a great deal 

 of it was not too well seasoned. That to-day is standing q*uite 

 well. My son, perhaps a bolder man than his father, set about 

 building a house all of home timber, and he built every part of 

 that house. The floors were partly of Scots pine, silver fir (a 

 much-abused wood), with a good deal of larch, and every door 

 was of larch — that was the boldest thing he tried. Not a door 

 has gone out of joint, and that was six to seven years ago. 

 That is our experience of home timber." 



Sir John Stirling-Maxwell. — "It has been suggested that our 

 conference would have further utility if its work were prolonged 

 by the formation of a committee. I mean to watch the develop- 

 ment on the lines we have been discussing." 



Dr Borthwick said : — " A committee should be formed to 

 deal with the utilisation of home timber. I make the motion 

 that such a committee should be formed as the outcome of 

 this meeting." 



Mr Lumsden seconded the motion, which was carried. 



