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I have no doubt in my own mind now exactly in what way a 

 Survey of Scotland should be done. I am satisfied that you 

 want two Surveys. Captain Stirling and myself consider that, 

 before launching out into any great expenditure of money in 

 planting in Scotland, the Central Authority should carry out a 

 Survey of at all events a portion of the waste land available. 

 This Survey should include (a) a broad general investigation of 

 the silvicultural possibilities of Scotland as a whole ; (d) the 

 particular and detailed consideration of certain definite forest 

 centres, carefully selected, as suitable for silviculture, for the 

 establishment of wood industries, and for the support of a 

 permanent population. The General Survey would deal only 

 with the land with regard to its silvicultural value. It would 

 be of the nature of a flying Survey, with the idea more of fixing 

 localities on which individual forest centres could be established, 

 rather than an attempt to give the total number of isolated acres 

 which would grow trees. The more important Survey would 

 not in any way be dependent on the completion of the whole 

 of the first Survey, but would be dependent on it only to the 

 extent of using it as a means by which the forest centres could 

 be marked down for investigation. That is the policy we 

 advise the Society to pursue. We feel that though we wish 

 in every way to co-operate with the Development Commission, 

 we should certainly hold our hand till we are quite clear on two 

 points. There is the point as to the personnel raised by the 

 Chairman. Certainly, we should be perfectly satisfied that this 

 Development Commission is not going to put off Scotland by 

 merely buying an Inverliever. They must undertake a Survey of 

 Scotland with the central object in view of getting trees into 

 the ground. I think we feel we have waited a great deal too long. 

 What we have to do is to see that the Society throws its weight 

 into the balance, in order to secure a whole definite scheme — 

 (first) a training establishment; (second) a Survey, possibly 

 on the two lines I have indicated ; and (third) within the nearest 

 possible time in the future — a beginning with a scheme of State 

 afforestation or some general afforestation on a large scale. 



Proposal to alter Law XIV. 



Mr A. D. Richardson moved the adoption of the following 

 motion: — For the alteration of Law XIV — {a) To delete the words 



