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private owners. He thought the deputation should urge that a 

 Departmental Committee should be appointed to consider the 

 whole matter as affecting Scotland. Nothing really useful could 

 be done until they had a survey of the whole country, county by 

 county, to see exactly*what land was available. In making such 

 a survey, County Councils should be represented as well as the 

 Government and the private landowners. 



Mr Caddell of Grange said it was not only desirable to have 

 a survey of land available, but to know what land was suitable 

 for afforestation and what was not. The Geological Survey 

 might be made of great use to them in this connection. They 

 knew the formations of the different parts of the country. From 

 personal experience, he knew that some classes of land were not 

 suitable for grov^^ing trees. 



The Resolution was adopted and the deputation approved. 



Office-Bearers. 

 On the motion of Mr Buchanan, Sir Kenneth Mackenzie 

 was unanimously re-elected President. On the motion of Mr 

 Johnstone, the following appointments were made, namely : — 

 Vice-Presidents — John Maclachlan of Maclachlan and W. H. 

 Massie. Councillors — Charles Buchanan, A. T. Gillanders, 

 John D. Crozier, James Whitton, D. F. Mackenzie, W. S. 

 Haldane of Foswell, and Fred Moon. The Hon. Secretary, 

 the Secretary and Treasurer, the Hon. Editor, the Auditor, and 

 the Honorary Consulting Officials and Local Secretaries were 

 re-elected. (For list of Office-Bearers for 1909 see Appendix H.) 



Excursion. 

 Mr Buchanan, Convener of the Excursion Committee, said 

 that Members would no doubt have read in the circular calling 

 the Meeting about the proposed Excursion to Bavaria next 

 summer There was difficulty in fixing the exact date, but the 

 Council had decided that on the whole it would be more con- 

 venient that the tour should begin about the 29th or 30th July, and 

 should last for above a fortnight. He mentioned that a consider- 

 able number of Members had already sent their names to the 

 Secretary, and he hoped that others, who desired to get particulars 

 of the trip, would send their names without delay, as particulars 

 would only be furnished to those who sent their names for that 

 purpose. 



