TEANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



ROYAL SCOTTISH AEBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



I. Correspondence with Lord Pentland in regard to 

 the Small Landholders (Scotland) Bill and a Depart- 

 ment of Forestry. 



The Council of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society 

 addressed to Lord Pentland the following letter in regard to 

 this bill : — 



"19 Castle Street, 

 "Edinburgh, 21st October 1911. 



•'To the Right Hon. Lord Pentland, 

 ' ' Secretary for Scotland. 



" My Lord, 



" I was instructed by the Council of the Royal 

 Scottish Arboricultural Society, at its last meeting, respectfully 

 to call your Lordship's attention to the great importance 

 attaching to the appointment of a Commissioner to take charge 

 of forestry, under the Landholders' Bill now before Parliament. 

 While my Council recognises with great satisfaction the 

 prominence given to forestry in this bill, and believes that it 

 is the intention of the Government, as expressed in the course 

 of the discussion on the first draft, to select one Commissioner 

 qualified to deal with forestry, it would respectfully suggest that 

 the bill itself should provide that one of the Commissioners 

 should have special charge of this subject. My Council feels 

 that the future of forestry in Scotland largely depends on the 

 appointment of such a Commissioner, and in common with 

 every one in the country interested in forestry, eagerly desires to 

 see the appointment entrusted to a man whose training and 

 experience really fit him for taking charge of the subject at this 

 critical moment. — I am, my Lord, your obedient Servant, 



" (Sgd.) John Stirling-Maxwell. 



" President." 

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