TEANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



6. Empire Forestry Dinner, 1924. 



As soon as it had been decided to hold the annual Excur- 

 sion in London, the suggestion was made that it would be a 

 good opportunity for some sort of joint meeting with our sister 

 Society in England, and it was eventually decided that this 

 should take the form of a visit to the Forestry exhibits at 

 Wembley, on Thursday, 26th June, followed by a dinner at our 

 headquarters the same evening. The arrangements for this 

 were well in hand when an advertisement was noticed of an 

 Empire Forestry Dinner to be held in London, on the 27th June. 

 Thinking that this was probably being organised by the Empire 

 Forestry Association, the Secretary wrote to that body and 

 learned that the originators of the proposed dinner were a 

 number of forest officers from our services overseas who were 

 present in London in connection with Forestry exhibits at 

 Wembley, and that the Empire Forestry Association was co- 

 operating with them. The combining of these two dinners 

 seemed the obvious thing to do, and thus it was that on 

 Thursday, 26th June 1924, the Empire Forestry Dinner was 

 held in the Imperial Hotel, London, under the joint auspices 

 of the two Arboricultural Societies, the Empire Forestry 

 Association, and the Forest Officers of the Empire Overseas. 



The task of arranging the details fell mostly upon Mr Corbett, 

 the Secretary of the Empire Forestry Association, as he was 

 on the spot, and the Society is much indebted to him for the 

 willing and able manner in which he undertook the extra work 

 involved. The Society's thanks are also due to Captain 

 Borthwick, who kindly designed the menu card. 



It was at one time hoped that H.R.H. The Prince of Wales 



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