Chairman's Remarks. 



The Chairman mentioned that since the Annual Meeting a 

 Deputation had been appointed to wait upon the Chancellor of 

 the Exchequer on the subject of afforestation. This they had 

 been compelled to do, because of the report of the Commission, 

 with which they did not wholly agree. He had not, unfor- 

 tunately, been able to attend with the Deputation, which, 

 however, had been most courteously received by the Chancellor 

 of the Exchequer, who asked a great many pertinent questions, 

 and the Deputation had come away convinced that the Chancellor 

 intended to draw up some scheme for the promotion of forestry 

 in this country. A Petition bearing on the subject had been 

 forwarded to the Chancellor of the Exchequer since that time. 

 The Council had reported that something should be done with 

 regard to death duties, as they felt that, with the added taxa- 

 tion on land, there was great probability of people who had 

 to meet death duties being tempted to cut immature timber, 

 and accordingly it was thought advisable to draw up some 

 suggestions for the Chancellor's consideration, with the view of 

 obtaining some modification of his proposals as regards wood- 

 lands. 



Judges' Report on Essays. 



Colonel Bailey, Convener of the Judges, gave in their awards 

 as follows, namely : — 



Class I. 



1. An account of the Broad-leaved and Coniferous Trees, 



especially of the more recently introduced Species, 

 which the writer has found from experience to be 

 most suitable as Forest Crops on High and Exposed 

 Situations. By William Forbes, Beechwood, Blair- 

 gowrie. Award — No. 2 Silver Medal. 



2. Suitability of any Exotic Conifer for cultivation as a 



Forest Crop, and nature of the Locality found in the 

 experience of the writer to be most suitable for 

 it. By William Forbes, Beechwood, Blairgowrie. 

 Award — Bronze Medal. 



3. The Sitka Spruce as a Tree for Hill Planting and 



General Afforestation. By J. D. Crozier, Durris. 

 Award — No. i Silver Medal. 



