TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



EOYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTIJRAL SOCIETY. 



15. Discussion on Forestry in Scotland. 



Held at the Annual Business Meeting, Feb. 7, 19 14. 



The sixty-first Annual Business Meeting of the Society was held 

 on the 7th of February last. In order to give the members who 

 might attend the General Meeting the whole day to devote to 

 the affairs of the Society, the Council had met on the previous 

 day and disposed of its business. A full report of the sitting in 

 the forenoon will be found in the " Proceedings " at the end of 

 this issue. In the afternoon an important discussion was held 

 on the " Progress of Forestry Development in Scotland," and two 

 important resolutions were passed. 



In his opening remarks the Chairman referred to a correspon- 

 dence which had taken place between Mr Galloway and the 

 Development Commissioners on the subject of the formation of a 

 company, not trading for profit, which might be the medium 

 through which funds for afforestation purposes might be advanced 

 by the Commissioners. He then went on to say that the latest 

 pronouncement of the Development Commissioners, conveyed in 

 a letter dated 14th January from the Secretary to Mr Galloway, 

 deserved very careful attention, and said, 



" I will read an extract : — 



"'With reference to my letter of the 17th November last and 

 previous correspondence, I am directed by the Development 

 Commissioneis to inform you that they have now been advised 

 that the terms of the Development and Road Improvement 

 Funds Act, 1909, do not permit of a scheme under which an 

 advance would be made from the Development Fund to a 

 Government Department or a Company or Association of 

 persons not trading for profit, such advance to be employed by 

 the Department or Company in loans to private individuals for 

 the encouragement of afforestation.' 



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