§ Colonel STIRLINGasked the Secretary for Scotland who is the responsible expert adviser of the Board of Agriculture for Scotland with regard to afforestation schemes; whether different expert 58W advisers have been consulted with regard to schemes submitted to the Board during 1917 and 1918; and, if so, what are their names and qualifications?
§ Mr. MUNROThe Board have two responsible expert advisers with regard to afforestation schemes, Dr. Borthwick and Mr. Gordon. The latter joined the staff in January last. Both have been consulted by the Board during 1917 and 1918. Dr. Borthwick graduated in Natural Science at St. Andrew's University with first-class honours in botany and other subjects, and obtained a D.Sc. degree for a thesis on arboricultural matters. He had a thorough Continental training in forestry and is a gold medallist of both the Scottish and English Arboricultural Societies. Mr. Gordon is a Bachelor of Science in agriculture and also in forestry. Each of these gentlemen has a wide and prolonged experience of British and Continental forestry.