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iMembership. 



THE Roll contains the names of over 1250 Members, comprising 

 Landowners, Factors, Foresters, Nurserymen, Gardeners, 

 Land Stewards, Wood Merchants, and others interested in 

 Forestry, many of whom reside in England, Ireland, the British 

 Colonies, and India. 



Members are elected by the Council. The Terms of Subscription 

 will be found on the back of the Form of Proposal for Membership 

 which accompanies this Memorandum. 



The Principal Objects of the Society, 



and the nature of its work, will be gathered from the following 

 paragraphs : — 



Meetings. 

 The Society holds periodical Meetings for the transaction of 

 business, the reading and discussion of Papers, the exhibition of 

 new Inventions, specimens of Forest Products and other articles 

 of special interest to the Members, and for the advancement 

 of Forestry in all its branches. Meetings of the Council are 

 held every alternate month, and at other times when business 

 requires attention ; and Committees of the Council meet frequently 

 to arrange and carry out the work of the Society. 



Prizes and Medals. 



With the view of encouraging young Foresters to study, and to 

 train themselves in habits of careful and accurate observation, the 

 Society offers Annual Prizes and Medals for essays on practical 

 subjects, and for inventions connected with appliances used in 

 Forestry. Such awards have been granted continuously since 

 1855 up to the present time, and have yielded satisfactory 

 results. Medals and Prizes are also awarded in connection with 

 the Exhibitions aftermentioned. 



School of Forestry, Afforestation, Etc. 



Being convinced of the necessity for bringing within the reach 

 of young Foresters, and others interested in the Profession, a 

 regular systematic course of Instruction, such as is provided in 

 Germany, France, and other European countries, the Society, in 

 1882, strongly urged the creation of a British School of Forestry; 

 and with a view of stimulating public interest in the matter, a 

 Forestry Exhibition, chiefly organised by the Council, was held in 

 Edinburgh in 1884. 



As a further step towards the end in view, the Society, in 

 1890, instituted a Fund for the purpose of establishing a Chair 

 of Forestry at the University of Edinburgh, and a sum of 

 j£S^4, 3s. lod. has since been raised by the Society and handed 

 over to the University. Aided by an annual subsidy from the 

 Board of Agriculture, which the Society was mainly instrumental 

 in obtaining, a Course of Lectures at the University has been 

 delivered without interruption since 1889. It is recognised, how- 

 ever, that a School of Forestry is incomplete without a practical 



