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and recommendations for the constitution of an Imperial Forestry 

 Bureau which are contained in the report of a committee, and 

 strongly urge upon their respective Governments that they 

 should contribute to the support of the Bureau as therein sug- 

 gested. They feel that it will be largely upon the work of such 

 a Bureau that the proper development of the forestry resources 

 of the Empire will depend, and they therefore cannot over- 

 emphasise its importance as a part of Empire organisation. 



n. Future Conferences. — The Conference is convinced that 

 the holding of conferences of representatives of the Empire on 

 forestry matters is of great service. They desire to thank the 

 Forestry Commission of the United Kingdom for causing the 

 Conference to be assembled, and for making the necessary 

 arrangements. They recommend that the next Conference be 

 held in the year 1923, and that, if the Dominion Government 

 approves, it be convened in Canada. 



26. Forestry Exhibition at Highland and Agricultural 

 Society's Show, Aberdeen, 20th-23rd July 1920. 



Following the practice for some years past, the Royal Scottish 

 Arboricultural Society again held an exhibition at the Highland 

 Show. The fact that the district in which the Show was 

 held is one of the largest timber-producing areas in Scotland, 

 might have warranted one to anticipate a large display of forest 

 products. This hope was not realised in the section for articles 

 in competition, in which the small number of entries was some- 

 what disappointing. The section for articles for exhibition 

 was, however, very creditable, several exhibits being highly 

 interesting and instructive. The premier place in this section 

 was well awarded to Messrs A. & G. Paterson, Ltd., Wood 

 Merchants, Banchory, for a varied collection of round and sawn 

 timber. This exhibit included several mature coniferous trees 

 shown in their full length, notably one specimen of Abies grandis 

 nearly 90 feet long and containing 82 cubic feet, age 40 years, 

 grown at Durris, some fine grown larch and Scots pine, and a 

 well-grown specimen of Thuja gigantea. The sawn timbers 

 included some very fine specimens of Douglas fir and other 

 species. The same firm also exhibited a wooden cottage, com- 

 posed entirely of home-grown timber, consisting of three good 

 apartments, one of which was furnished by Messrs James 



