NOTES AND QUERIES. IO; 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



The Forestry Commissioners. 



The following have been appointed as Commissioners under 

 the Forestry Act, the qualifications being as given in Parliament- 

 ary papers : — 



Lord Lovat (Chairman). — Owner of extensive woodlands 

 and closely identified with forestry in Scotland. Director of 

 Forestry, B.E.F., France. Member of Forestry Reconstruc- 

 tion Sub-committee and of the Interim Forest Authority. 



The Right Hon. F. D. Acland, M.P. — Chairman, Home- 

 Grown Timber Committee. Chairman of the Forestry Recon- 

 struction Sub-committee. Chairman of the Interim Forest 

 Authority. 



Sir John Stirling- Maxwell, Bart. — Assistant Controller 

 (Scotland), Timber Supply Department, Board of Trade. 

 Honorary Secretary, former President, Royal Scottish Arbori- 

 cultural Society. Member of Forestry Sub-committee. Will 

 represent Scotland. 



Colonel W. Steuart Fothringham. — Member of Interim 

 Forest Authority. Assistant to Assistant Controller (Scotland), 

 Timber Supply Department, former President of Royal Scottish 

 Arboricultural Society. Identified with forestry development in 

 Scotland. Will represent Scotland. 



Lord Clinton. — Former President of English Forestry 

 Association. Member of Interim Forest Authority. 



Mr L. Forestier-Walker, M.P. — Will answer for the Com- 

 mission in the House of Commons. Will represent Wales. 



Mr T B. Ponsonby. — Member of Interim Forest Authority. 

 Identified with forestry in Ireland. Will represent Ireland. 



Mr R. L. Robinson. — Member of Interim Forest Authority. 

 Secretary, Forestry of Reconstruction Sub-committee. Formerly 

 head of Joint Forestry Branches of the Board of Agriculture and 

 Office of Woods. Distinguished career at Adelaide and Oxford 

 Universities in pure science and forestry. 



Timber Measurement : A Suggestion. 



There is a well-recognised method of estimating timber on an 

 area when number of trees, average timber-height, and average 



