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Departmental Committee recently published, laying special 

 stress upon the necessity for the appointment of the promised 

 Department or Committee to take charge of the matter. 

 Captain Stirling of Keir represented that a general forest survey 

 was essential. Mr Gammell of Drumtochty referred to the 

 relation between forestry and small holdings, pointing out that 

 there was no antagonism between the two, but, on the contrary, 

 that forestry would be the means of providing additional 

 employment for small holders. Dr Borthwick, Edinburgh, and 

 Mr Dawson, xAberdeen, spoke on the subject of forestry 

 education, and Mr Gillanders, forester to the Duke of 

 Northumberland, and Mr Leven, forester to the Duke of 

 Roxburghe, both dealt with the various subjects embraced in 

 the report from the practical forester's point of view. 



Sir Robert Wright expressed, on behalf of Mr Sutherland and 

 the Board, his pleasure at receiving such a large deputation from 

 the Society, and indicated that he and Mr Sutherland were both 

 in sympathy with the objects which the Council were there that 

 day to further. He said that the subject was under the Secretary 

 for Scotland's consideration, and that in the meantime it would 

 be rather premature for him to discuss details. He warned the 

 Council that the resources of the Board would be very severely 

 taxed to meet the demands necessary in connection with the 

 establishment of small holdings in Scotland, and that therefore 

 they need not expect much financial support from the Board's 

 annual grant. 



Mr Munro Ferguson explained that what the Society expected 

 was that the Board would find the necessary money to provide 

 the staff and expert advice for the proposed Department, but 

 that for demonstration forests and various other claims they 

 would merely expect the assistance of the Board in obtaining 

 the necessary funds either from the Development Commission 

 or from Parliament. 



Sir Robert expressed his agreement with this view, but said 

 that while the Board did not seek in any way to shirk the 

 responsibilities laid upon them, they would like to know that 

 they would have the support of the Society in representing to 

 the Development Commission the necessity for funds to 

 adequately develop that part of their work. 



Mr Charles Buchanan, Penicuik, moved a vote of thanks 

 to the Board, and the Council thereupon withdrew. — Scotsman. 



