TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTUML SOCIETY. 



I. The Forest Resources of the United Kingdom.^ 



In beginning his address, Sir Herbert Maxwell said he felt 

 that, in undertaking to lay before them, in the space of an hour, 

 a view of the present condition and an estimate of the capabilities 

 of British woodland, he was attempting to get a gallon into a 

 quart pot. The utmost he could hope to do was to convince 

 them of the great loss incurred by the State and private owners 

 by their neglect of sound principles of forestry, and the urgent 

 need for a speedy reform in the management of our woods. 

 The urgency of the matter arose from three causes, namely — 

 (i) The rapidly increasing demand for timber in the United 



A. Quantities of Wood and Timber Imported. 



^ Report of a Lecture delivered to the Society in Edinburgh on 5th August 

 1908, by the Right Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart. 



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