A suitable pavilion is to be erected and leased to the Society at 

 a reasonable rent, upon a site which the Exhibition authorities 

 have granted free of charge The Council has limited the 

 outlay to ;^20o. The Committee is now on the outlook for 

 a suitable attendant to organise and take charge of the section 

 during the time that the Exhibition is open. 



Experiments with Railway Sleepers. 



On the suggestion of Mr Munro Ferguson, negotiations have 

 been entered into with the various railway companies with the 

 view of getting them to make experiments with creosoted 

 sleepers made of beech, oak and other home-grown timbers. 

 Most of the Companies have intimated their willingness to 

 co-operate in the matter, and it is hoped that some valuable 

 information may eventually be obtained on the subject. 



Sample Survey. 



Following upon the suggestion made at last Annual Meeting, 

 the Council resolved to expend a sum not exceeding ;^ioo in 

 making a Survey of one or more areas of land for afforestation 

 purposes, which would give a lead to the Development 

 Commissioners by showing, on a small scale, what should be 

 done throughout the country, and at their request Lord Lovat 

 agreed to superintend the work. At the General Meeting, held 

 at Dumfries, Lord Lovat fully described the procedure which he 

 proposed to adopt in connection with the Survey. The actual 

 work in the field has now been practically concluded, and it is 

 expected that the various reports will be put in type very soon. 

 Lord Lovat has included most of the great glen from Fort 

 William to Inverness, and his General Survey for this district will 

 show about 60,000 acres of plantable land. The Detailed Survey 

 and Forest Plan will deal with about 10,000 acres of this area 

 round Fort Augustus. It is understood that the Report will 

 deal with questions of disturbance of existing industries, rating, 

 labour, transport, game damage and other problems which 

 require to be considered in connection with schemes of afforesta- 

 tion, and, when fully discussed and approved, it will be a 

 valuable record and guide for future operations. 



Development Act. 



On 19th February last, the Council passed the following 

 Resolution : — 



"The Council of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society 

 supports the Deputation from the Society which met the 

 Chancellor of the Exchequer, and thanks Mr Lloyd George for 

 his reception of the Deputation, and for the excellent outline of 



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