The Resolution, as adjusted, was in the following terms : — 



"That this meeting of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural 

 Society urges the Government to proceed at greater 

 speed with afforestation, especially the re-afforestation 

 of the areas recently denuded of trees for war purposes, 

 and to give encouragement to private owners of land 

 to enable them to develop their woodlands by renew- 

 ing for a period of years the present unemployment 

 grants which have been well taken advantage of, 

 or by passing fresh legislation dispensing with the 

 unworkable conditions attached to the grants allowed 

 under the Forestry Act, 191 9." 



Later in the season a letter was received from the Forestry 

 Commission intimating that 10,000 acres had been afforested by 

 means of the Unemployment Grant. The renewal of this grant 

 has now been authorised by the Treasury, and the necessary 

 legislation will be introduced into Parliament next session. 



14. Railway Rates. 



The Council agreed to co-operate as far as possible with 

 other societies in their efforts to obtain a reduction in railway 

 rates on timber, particularly in the north of Scotland. At a 

 meeting held in Glasgow, when representatives of all the railway 

 companies were present, the matter was fully discussed and a 

 reduction was then agreed to, but unfortunately this reduction 

 ceased at the end of the year and the higher rates are again in 

 operation. 



15. British Empire Exhibition^ 1924. 



The Council recommends that the Society should take some 

 part in this Exhibition, probably by forwarding pictures and 

 some samples of timber. Correspondence has been opened with 

 the English Society with the view of co-operating in the matter, 

 as far as possible. Mr F. R. S. Balfour has been nominated 

 by the Society as their representative on the Committee on 

 Forestry. 



16. Foreign Visitors. 



Mr A. Scadvedt, a Norwegian forester, paid a short visit to 

 this country in the course of the summer, and the Secretary 

 was able to give him some assistance in arranging a tour. 

 Intimation has just been received from a Swedish forester that 

 he desires to visit Scotland this year. 



