TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



12. The Empire Forestry Association. 



The Empire Forestry Association was incorporated by Royal 

 Charter on ist November 1921. The first meeting was held 

 at the Guildhall, London, on the i6th day of that month, 

 under the chairmanship of Alderman and Sheriff De Courcey 

 Moore. 



Viscount Novar, chairman of the Governing Council of the 

 Association, said the Association owed its origin to a resolution 

 passed by the Imperial Forestry Conference in 1920.^ Its object 

 was to federate in one central organisation voluntary associations, 

 corporate bodies, and individuals engaged or interested in the 

 growth, marketing, and utilisation of timber throughout the 

 British Empire. The effectiveness of such an Association would 

 be a new link of Empire. The Association had support from 

 Departments of State throughout the Empire, as well as from the 

 Colonial Office. It was unnecessary to emphasise what could 

 be achieved by the initiative and effort of private individuals 

 and voluntary bodies. At the same time, it must be admitted 

 that in no industry could the Government more hopefully 

 participate than in forestry, but the individual could most 

 usefully co-operate. This Association could be the useful 

 intermediary between those agencies. Within one great 

 voluntary organisation such as this, every society and depart- 

 ment could pool its knowledge, make notes of methods, and 

 make use of the information and experience of others. The 

 quickening of interest in forestry, and a general advance in 



' Cf. yyansactioiis, vol. xxxv. , part I, p. 42. 

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