iv ADVERTISEMENT. 



At a meeting held on the 28th March 1883, presided 

 over by the Marquis of Lothian, it was resolved ' that it 

 is expedient in the interests of Forestry, and to promote a 

 movement for the establishment of a National School of 

 Forestry in Scotland, as well as with the view of furthering 

 and stimulating a greater improvement in the scientific 

 management of woods in Scotland and the sister countries, 

 which had manifested itself during recent years, that 

 there should be held in Edinburgh, during 1884, arid at 

 such season of the year as may be arranged, an 

 International Exhibition of Forest Products and other 

 objects of interest connected with Forestry.' 



At a large and influential meeting held within the 

 Forestry Exhibition on the 8th of October 1884, it was 

 resolved to establish in Edinburgh a National School of 

 Forestry and a Museum connected therewith, and a 

 Committee was appointed to carry out the resolution. 



In a note appended to a circular issued by this 

 Committee it was stated : 'The Committee feel a 

 difficulty in suggesting a definite scheme for the proposed 

 School of Forestry, until they have some knowledge of 

 the amount of funds which may be placed at their 

 disposal ; but, in the meantime, it may be sufficient to 

 state that they contemplate the establishment of a 

 Professorship of Forest Science, for the instruction of 

 students in all that pertains both to Practical and Scientific 



