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intended to be of service in agricultural as well as silvicultural 

 operations. 



Correspondents. 



The Board will, upon an early date, have a limited number 

 of correspondents chosen in each of the " woodland " counties 

 in Scotland. These correspondents will hold positions some- 

 what similar to those hitherto employed by the Board of 

 Agriculture and Fisheries, and now by the Scottish Board of 

 Agriculture, for reporting upon agricultural subjects. They 

 will be required to make quarterly reports, and it is expected 

 that these will contain a great deal of information which 

 will aid in co-ordinating silvicultural work in Scotland. 



Seed Testing. 



Quite recently the Board have been able to arrange for 

 the testing of forest-tree seeds for germination, and samples 

 that are sent to the Secretary of the Board will be tested 

 free of charge. 



Well, gentlemen, I cannot claim that we have done very 

 much, but I would remind you that ten months is not a 

 long time for hatching not altogether the tg^ which Captain 

 Stirling mentioned, but hatching something that will be of 

 use to forestry in Scotland, and it is my hope at all events 

 when we meet, as perhaps we will do next year, that we 

 will have done something that will give you a little more 

 satisfaction. I think it right to say that the Board fully 

 realise the enormous amount that this Society has done for 

 silviculture in Scotland. But for the Royal Scottish Arbori- 

 cultural Society I am afraid Scottish woodlands would be in 

 a poor plight to-day. 



The Chairman. — It is now my duty to ask you to accord a 

 hearty vote of thanks to Mr Sutherland for the statement 

 which you have heard. We all know the great disability that 

 all officials labour under when they have to make a public 

 statement. They have to be very careful of their words, and to 

 say perhaps a good deal less than they mean. But I am quite 

 sure that through everything that has fallen from Mr Sutherland 

 we recognise the spirit of one who has silviculture at heart and 

 who intends to do his best for it. I am sure that I am expressing 

 your wish as well as my own, when I say I hope that on many 



