lOO TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAr, SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



13. Resolution on Timber Supply. 



The following letter and resolution have been circulated to the 

 various Departments and Members of Parliament, as indicated in 

 the letter : — 



" Sir, — I am instructed to send you the enclosed resolution 

 on the subject of the Development of Afforestation in Scotland, 

 which my Council hopes will receive your approval and support. 



" I am also asked to enclose a reprint from Country Life} of 

 an article written by Sir Robert Lorimer, the eminent Scottish 

 architect, on ' The Neglect of Home Timber,' which is of special 

 interest in the circumstances. 



"These papers have been sent to the Prime Minister, the 

 Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary for War, the First 

 Lord of the Admiralty, the Secretary for Scotland, the President 

 of Local Government Board, the President of Board of Trade, 

 the Treasury, the Board of Agriculture for Scotland and the 

 Development Commissioners, and to each Scottish Member of 

 Parliament. 



" I shall be obliged if you will kindly let me know that you 

 will use your influence in pressing the resolution on the attention 

 of Ministers and the Department concerned. — I am, Sir, your 



obedient Servant, 



" R. Galloway, 

 April i^, 1916. " Secret aiy.'' 



The Resolution is as follows : — 



" The Council of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, 

 considering : 



"i. That for many years the Society has been urging upon 

 Government the necessity for adopting measures to promote 

 afforestation in this country: 



" 2. That all our Home Experts in Forestry, and such of the 

 Oversea Experts as have visited this country, including the eight 

 distinguished Foresters who represented the leading Continental, 

 Indian and Dominion Forest Services at the Society's Diamond 

 Jubilee Celebrations in 19 14, have unanimously expressed the 

 opinion that Scotland lends itself admirably to afforestation on a 

 large scale, and that Government ought to give the movement 

 the support necessary to bring this about : 



1 Cf. pp. 103-8. 



