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was attended by a large number of members and had been 

 very successful, both from an educational and practical point 

 of view. Mr Svend Kindt, a Danish forester, who was 

 accompanied by his wife, took part in the excursion and added 

 much to the interest and enjoyment of the party. Mr Kindt 

 was one of the candidates for membership elected at a recent 

 Council meeting. 



Excursion in 1923. 



The Secretary further reported that the views of those present 

 at the excursion had been obtained, and that they had suggested 

 Denmark as a suitable place for next year's excursion. Mr 

 Kindt was kind enough to offer to give every assistance possible 

 in connection with the arrangements. The meeting remitted 

 the whole matter to the Council with powers. 



The Urgency of Re-afforestation. 



The Chairman reported that in the course of the excursion 

 a discussion had taken place on the above subject, and at his 

 request the Secretary read the draft Resolution which was 

 then adopted, and which had since been approved by the 

 Council, viz. : — 



" That this meeting of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural 

 Society urges the Government to proceed with greater 

 speed with afforestation, and especially with the re- 

 afforestation of the areas recently denuded of trees for 

 war purposes, and to give further encouragement to 

 private owners of land to enable them to develop their 

 woodlands by renewing for a period of years the present 

 unemployment grants." 



After the Resolution had been read the Chairman invited 

 remarks. 



Mr John Sutherland, Assistant Forestry Commissioner for 

 Scotland, apologised for the absence of Lord Lovat, chairman 

 of the Commission, who had been called to London on business. 

 The resolution, he said, called for the continuance of the grants 

 scheme of last year. It was only right to say that 11,000 acres 

 in all were supposed to have been planted as the result of grants 

 in the past season, and of this area 7500 acres were in Scotland. 

 Twelve thousand acres in Scotland had also been prepared for 



