Il8 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



result of one of its early meetings was that the coalowners 

 agreed to accept any species of timber, with the exception of 

 beech, whether seasoned or freshly felled. The Committee 

 recommends the following sizes to producers and consumers :— 



It was fully recognised that the crux of the whole question was 

 the incidence of railway rates, and in the interests of all parties 

 it was decided to move for a substantial reduction in the 

 existing rates. 



Mr Sutherland, on behalf of the Board, undertook to represent 

 the case, and to arrange for a deputation of the whole Committee 

 to appear before the Secretary for Scotland, in London. After 

 this visit it was proposed that the Deputation might proceed to 

 the Board of Trade Offices to make further representations there. 

 The meeting took place on the 22nd of September last, and at 

 the Offices of the Board of Trade its members were received, in 

 company with representatives of the Scottish Railway Companies, 

 the Government Railway Executive Committee, representatives 

 of English forestry and other interests, by the President of the 

 Board of Trade, Mr Runciman, who, after the case had been 

 put by the Deputation, promised to give the matter immediate 

 consideration. The Secretary for Scotland was present at the 

 conference at the Board of Trade, and his assistance at the 

 deliberations was greatly appreciated by the Deputation. 



The result of the Deputation was that the Scottish Railway 

 Companies agreed to modify the rates quoted for pitwood 

 consigned direct to Scottish collieries from timber-growing 

 centres in Scotland, so that the maximum rate will not exceed 



