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to those who mix these conifers lightheartedly, but I am not 

 going to Start a discussion on "that" subject. 



Jas. M'Callum. 



Forestry in Australia. 



That the Society's former Honorary Secretary has not lost 

 interest in forestry matters by his transference to a new sphere 

 of work is well shown by the following, taken from the Scotsman 

 of 17th November last : — 



"Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson's deep and practical interest in 

 afforestation in this country is recalled by a speech which he 

 made on the occasion of his first official visit to South Australia 

 as Governor-General. He inspected the State forest reserve at 

 Kuitpo, twenty-nine miles south of Adelaide, and in the course 

 of a speech he said : — ' I have been much impressed with the 

 variety of the hardwoods grown in Australia. They are really 

 wonderful, and I believe that here in Australia you have a 

 larger variety of the best hardwoods than exist in any other 

 country in the world, but the trouble is that they have been wasted 

 to a large extent. By that I mean that in many instances these 



