194 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



(4) The lease of Skichen should be allowed to run its 

 course. It expires twelve years hence. 



(5) The land already possessed by the Commissioners and 

 unplanted at Lintrathen, and the land to be acquired under 

 the new bill, should be gradually afforested by the Com- 

 missioners' own men. 



(6) All the expenses should be provided for in the yearly 

 estimates, and charged directly out of revenue. 



(7) There would be no immediate outlet for unemployed 

 men on the Dundee Water Area, even although the Com- 

 missioners determined to afforest wholly or in part ; and if such 

 work is to be financially successful, it will require to be 

 laid out under economical management and conducted 

 throughout on strictly scientific and commercial principles. 



24. Continental Notes— Germany. 



( With four Plates.) 

 By B. RiBBENTROP, CLE. 



The International Convention of Forest Research Establish- 

 ments held their sixth meeting in Belgium in September last. 



The small beginning made by Germany, Austria, Hungary and 

 Switzerland in fostering the interchange of practical experiences 

 gained in all branches of forest research, has grown beyond 

 expectation. The convention has become, in the true sense of 

 the word, international, and now includes, in addition to the 

 original members, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, the 

 United States of North America, France, Holland, Japan, Portugal, 

 Roumania, Russia, Servia, Spain and Sweden — Britain does not 

 as yet belong to the Convention, but, if the necessary time is 

 allowed for our country to make up its mind, it will inevitably 

 join, especially as two representatives attended the last meeting. 

 What giieves me is that India has not yet joined this conclave of 

 eminent workers, especially as that country has a highly developed 

 forest research branch, and has turned out much original research 

 work, of which any forest service might be proud. 



The special delegates of the various States numbered thirty, and 

 as a large number .of Belgian, French and other forest officers. 



