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seconded, and supported. 1 do not know whether there is any 

 amendment to it." 



The resohition was adopted. 



The Chairman said : — " Copies will be sent to the Secretary 

 of the Board of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Development 

 Commissioners, the Right Hon. D. Lloyd George, M.P., the 

 Secretary to the Treasury, and the Right Hon. T. M'Kinnon 

 Wood, and I hope some attention will be paid to them." 



Mr Sydney Gammell said : — "Let us also send them to the 

 Prime ^Minister, who is head of the Government, charged with 

 the development of the country, and member for a Scottish 

 constituency." 



Mr Robert Forbes, Kennet, suggested that they should be 

 sent to the Scottish Members of Parliament. 



The Chairman said: — "I am afraid we should find a great 

 deal of deplorable ignorance on this subject, and the resolutions 

 would have very little to say to them. I think it would be far 

 better if they could have a reasoned statement on the subject 

 in some form, and I think anything of that sort which could be 

 printed in a form that it could be sent round to every member 

 for a Scottish constituency would be a very good thing indeed. 

 Of course we are entirely in the hands of the meeting with 

 regard to that." 



Sir John Stirling-Maxwell suggested that whatever was to be 

 sent might be sent soon. 



Mr H. M. Caddell said : — " A great many of the Members of 

 Parliament in Scotland are Englishmen. I would send it to 

 those Members of Parliament in Scotland who are Scotsmen." 



Dr Borthwick thought they should send in addition to the 

 resolutions a reasoned statement. 



The Chairman said : — " That could be done. I think it is 

 very desirable that there should be no delay in sending the 

 actual resolutions to the officials who are from the nature of 

 their office supposed to understand them. I certainly feel with 

 regard to the wider application to the Members of Parliament 

 generally that there should be a covering letter enclosed, and if 

 it is the wish that such should be prepared I should be most 

 happy to refer something of that sort to the Council, and let the 

 Council send such a letter on behalf of the Society to every 

 Scottish Member of Parliament together with the resolutions." 



The Chairman further said : — " We have an interesting 



