TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



EOYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



I. Deputation from the Society to the Right Hon. 

 T. M'Kinnon Wood, M.P., Secretary for Scotland 

 — 7th November 1913. 



Mr M'Kinnon Wood, who was accompanied by Sir Robert 

 Wright and Mr John D. Sutherland, members of the Board of 

 Agriculture for Scotland, received the deputation within the 

 oflfices of the Board, 29 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh. The 

 following members of the Society formed the deputation : — 

 Captain Stirling, President; The Right Hon, Sir Herbert Max- 

 well, Bart, of Monreith, ex-President ; Dr A. W. Borthwick and 

 Mr Charles Buchanan, Vice-Presidents ; Messrs George Leven,. 

 John Broom, John W. M'Hattie, A. T. Gillanders, F.E S., 

 William Davidson, G. P. Gordon, B.Sc, Adam Spiers, G. U. 

 Macdonald, Alexander Mitchell and Robert Forbes, members of 

 Council ; and Robert Galloway, S.S.C., Secretary and Treasurer. 



The President, in introducing the deputation, said : — " I am 

 sure that every member of this deputation is grateful to you, Sir,. 

 for consenting to receive us to-day. We are very well aware of 

 the immense amount of administrative and parliamentary work 

 which falls to the share of the Secretary for Scotland, and there- 

 fore, when approaching him with regard to a question which 

 has not been brought very prominently before Parliament or 

 before the country, we may hope that some of the views to be 

 expressed by us may throw new light upon the subject. I 

 cannot emphasise too strongly the non-political nature of our 

 errand to-day. The Council of the Royal Scottish Arboricul- 

 tural Society knows no politics. It is solely concerned with the 

 interests and development of forestry in Scotland. Amongst 

 the members of the Council are gentlemen who have taken, and 

 are taking, active part in politics on different sides of the House 

 of Commons, and I am sure that their presence here to-day has 



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