4 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



amendment, the Commissioners adopted in regard to British 

 schemes and applications are as follows : — 



(a) That the first requirement for forestry development is 

 effective education in forestry at suitable centres, 

 regulated by organised research and demonstration. 



(/') That no scheme of State afforestation on a large scale 

 can be considered until investigation has shown 

 where State forests might be economically and 

 remuneratively provided (regard being had to the 

 interests of other rural industries), and until a trained 

 body of foresters becomes available. 



(c) That for the present, applications for grants for the 

 above purposes should include provision for the 

 creation and maintenance of such staff as may be 

 necessary to give practical advice and assistance to 

 those who desire to undertake afforestation, or to 

 develop existing afforested areas. 



I. England and Wales. 



The Commissioners received, on the 25th March 191 1, through 

 the Treasury, a memorandum from the Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries outlining a comprehensive scheme of forestry for 

 England and Wales. (Copies of the memorandum were received 

 direct from the Board towards the end of February.) The 

 immediate advance desired is ^9300 for the year 1911-12 

 but the ultimate expenditure contemplated is very much larger. 

 The Commissioners are communicating with the Board on the 

 subject. 



The application of the Wiltshire County Council for an 

 advance of ;£ioo for forestry purposes was also under con- 

 sideration at the end of the year. It reached the Commissioners 

 on the 8th March. 



II. Scotland. 



The Scotch Education Department forwarded to the Commis- 

 sioners, in the middle of November, applications from the three 

 agricultural colleges in Scotland. These applications fall mainly 

 under the head " Agricultural Research and lulucation," but are 

 mentioned here because they include applications from the 

 Aberdeen and North of Scotland College for a sum of ;^i5oo 



