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scription, was awarded in 1 8 1 2 to each of the following gentle- 

 men: Alexander Maclean of Ardgower; Alexander Maclean 

 of Coll ; Ranald Macdonald of Staffa ; Hugh Innes of Loch- 

 alsh, M.P. ; and John Mackenzie of Applecross, all of whom 

 had made plantations on an extensive scale on their respec- 

 tive estates, within the period to which the premiums 

 applied, as ascertained by inspection and reports made to 

 the Society by those of its members who were entrusted 

 with the duty. 



The fifth volume of the Transactions (first series, 1810), 

 contains a very full and valuable paper on Woods and 

 Plantations, extending to 312 pages. The object of the 

 Society, in having this report prepared, was to collect in 

 one paper the information to be found in a variety of 

 publications, and everything material that was known in 

 regard to the planting, rearing, and management of woods 

 and plantations. It was prepared at the desire of the 

 Society, by the late Rev. G. J. Hamilton, minister of Ash- 

 kirk, from several essays on the subject, for which premiums 

 had been awarded by the Society, and a variety of other 

 sources of information. 



In 1 82 1 and 1822, honorary premiums were offered 

 for the greatest extent of ground planted, after being 

 well enclosed, within the county of Dumbarton, the Isle of 

 Skye and small isles adjacent, and the Black Isle in Ross- 

 shire. Volume VI. of the first scries of the Transactions 

 (1824) contains reports by the proprietors to whom the 

 premiums were adjudged. The first premium (plate of the 

 value of fifteen guineas), for the Islands was awarded to 

 Lord Macdonald, who planted 149,600 trees ; the first 

 premium (plate value fifteen guineas), for the mainland was 

 voted to Colin Mackenzie of Kilcoy, who planted 501,000 

 trees on about 379 acres. Two premiums were awarded 

 for planting in Dumbartonshire : the first (plate value 

 fifteen guineas), to H. Macdonald Buchanan of Drumakile, 

 who planted 261,000 trees on above 65 acres ; and the 

 second (plate value ten guineas), to Sir James Colquhoun 

 of Luss, Bart., who planted 396,900 trees on above 61 acres. 



The first premium awarded to a tenant for planting 



