Membership. 



mHE Roll contains the names of over 1350 Members, comprising 



*r Landowners, Factors, Foresters, Nurserymen, C^ardeners 



-^ Land Stewards, Wood Merchants, and ^^hers u.terested n 



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



^°^ M^b^rsVre dected by the Council. The Terms of Subscription 

 sviUbe 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 article 

 of special interest to the Members, and for the advancement 

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

 held eve / alternate month, and at other times when business 

 requirerattention; 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 th 

 Society offers Annual Prizes and Medals for essays on practical 

 suSs, and for inventions connected with appliances used in 

 Forestr;. Such awards have been granted continuously since 

 18 cup to the present time, and have yielded satisfacto y 

 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 m 

 Germany; France, and other European countries, the Society m 

 ^slTsL■^g\y urged the creation of a British School of forestry; 

 Ind wkh Pview of stimulating public interest in the matter, a 

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



^''t^tZtllr'ste, towards the end in .view the Society in 

 1890, instituted a Fund for the purpose of establishing a Cha.r 

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

 2:584, 3S. lod. has since been raised by the Society and handed 

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

 Board of Agriculture, which the Society -- mainly instrumental 

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

 delivered NVMthout interruption since 1889. It ks recognised, how- 

 ever that a School of Forestry is incomplete without a practical 



