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MEMOIE OF THE AUTHOR. 



the first section of his work, and in the notes on that 

 section at the end of the vokime.''' His friend Sir Walter 



* It may be important, perhaps, to insert here the objects of this Irish 

 Foresting Society, with its rules and regulations contained in the prospectus to 

 which allusion has been made in the text. 



"FORESTING SOCIETY FOR IRELAND. 



Patron — his excellency the duke oe Northumberland. 

 President — his grace the duke of leinster. 



" At a meeting held on the 23d July 1829, his grace the duke of leinster in 

 the chair, the following were adopted as the rules and regulations of the society : — 



"1st. That this society shall be designated the 'Foresting Society of Ireland;' 

 the object of which shall be to collect, embody, and diffuse scientific informa- 

 tion relative to the forming of plantations, care and management of wooded 

 lands in Ireland. 



" 2d. That each subscriber of £3 annually shall be a member of the society. 



" 3d. That each subscriber of £20 within one year, shall be a member for life. 



"4th. That a committee of fifteen members, together with the honorary 

 of&cers of the society, shall be appointed at each annual meeting to conduct 

 the business of the society, three of whom shall be a quorum. 



" 5th. That an annual meeting of the society shall be held in Dublin in the 

 month of June, at which the report of the committee, and a statement of the 

 accounts, verified by three auditors, shall be presented. 



"6th. That the minutes of every general and committee meeting shall be 

 signed by the chairman. 



" 7th. That all drafts for payment shall be signed by three members of the 

 committee, and the secretary. 



" TJie ohjects of the society are, 



" 1st. To establish an office in a public and central situation in Dublin, where 

 members of the society may apply for information. 



"2d. To keep in this office tools as patterns, and models of machmery 

 adapted to Foresting, of the best and most improved description. 



" 3d. To collect in this office a library of the best books upon the subject of 

 Foresting. 



" 4th. To engage a scientific agent to attend at the office between the hours 

 of eleven o'clock in the morning, and six in the evening, for the purpose of 

 conducting correspondence, and of collecting and communicating to members 

 information on the subject, both personally and by letter. 



" 5th. To open an extensive correspondence, both at home, and with those 

 foreign countries from which the society may expect to derive any information. 



" 6th. To promote the science of Foresting by the occasional publication of 

 matter connected with it. 



" 7th. To become the means (without, however, any direct agency,) of estab- 

 lishing in Ireland a body of scientific Foresters. 



" 8th. To become the means of promoting the employment of a large num- 

 ber of the peasantry in Forestmg occupations. 



