TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



13. The Report of the Departmental Committee on 

 Forestry in Scotland.^ 



Terms of Reference to the Committee, 



" To report as to the selection of a suitable location for a 

 Demonstration Forest Area" in Scotland ; the uses, present and 

 prospective, to which such area may be put (including the use 

 that may be made of it by the various forestry teaching centres 

 in Scotland) ; the staff and equipment required for successful 

 working ; the probable cost ; and the most suitable form of 

 management. 



" To report as to any further steps, following upon the 

 acquisition of the said area, which in the opinion of the 

 Committee it is desirable should be taken with a view to 

 promoting silviculture in Scotland, due regard being had to 

 the interests of other rural industries." 



REPORT. 



My Lord, 



We have held seven sittings and have examined seven 

 witnesses. Each of these, before being heard, prepared, at 

 our request, a memorandum on the questions remitted to us, 

 and the memoranda are printed along with the Minutes of 

 Evidence. 



We have also visited the school for apprentices in the Forest 

 of Dean ; schools for the same class of pupils at Spangenberg 

 and Hachenburg in Prussia, and at Kelheim in Bavaria ; 



^ [Reproduced (with minor abbreviations and omissions) by permission of 

 H.M. Stationery Office from the original Report, which, with Note on 

 Forest Education in Germany, appendices, minutes of evidence and map, is 

 obtainable from Messrs Oliver & Boyd at a cost of is. 3d. The footnotes, 

 except where specially indicated, are those of the original report. — Hon. Ed.] 

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