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for competition and exhibition in the usual way. I hope if we 

 get a grant we will have a good Exhibition, both in the timber 

 section and in the nursery and plantation section in the Stirling 

 district." 



The Excursion. 



Mr Charles Buchanan, Convener of the Excursion 

 Committee, mentioned that two districts had been mentioned for 

 next Excursion, namely, the North of Scotland and Yorkshire, 

 and that after careful consideration the Council has decided on 

 Yorkshire. He accordingly suggested that the Council should 

 be authorised to carry through the Excursion in that part of 

 England. 



The suggestion was adopted. 



Work of the Forestry Commission. 



Sir John Stirling-Maxwell made a statement on behalf of 

 Lord Lovat on the work of the Forestry Commission, He 

 said: — " If you are disappointed at the absence of Lord Lovat, 

 I am quite sure he is still more disappointed not to be here. 

 The last time I saw him he was talking about the meeting 

 and looking forward to it. If Colonel Fothringham had come 

 into the room a few minutes earlier it would have fallen to him 

 to make use of Lord Lovat's notes, but he was lucky enough to 

 escape that. I shall be very brief, because it would be much 

 better if we could defer until Lord Lovat meets the Society 

 any questions of policy and so on. I shall merely mention a 

 few facts that may be of interest. 



"The land acquired by the Commission in Scotland up to 

 date extends to 60,000 acres, of which about 50 per cent, is 

 plantable. About 36,000 acres of that are deer forests, and 

 they are mainly responsible for reducing the percentage of 

 plantable area. The percentage of plantable ground is much 

 higher elsewhere. The Society will be interested to know that 

 the area which they selected for special survey some years ago, 

 namely, Glenmohr, was early singled out by the Commission. 

 In that district 17,500 acres of ground have been acquired, and 

 the bulk of this is plantable. Negotiations are proceeding 

 steadily for additional areas. The areas acquired by the 

 Commission lie practically all over Scotland, and 1 need not 

 say that the negotiations which are in progress for acquiring 



