. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Canadian Forestry Journal, October, ipio 767. From the Edinburs:li Scotsman. Mr. Tennant had the pleasant task of announcing in Parliament on Wed- nesday night what he rightly described as a "most patriotic and munificent" action on the part of a great Scottish land-owner. The Duke of Sutherland, with a gen- erosity and public spirit which will everywhere meet with merited recog- nition—recognition which will be the more hearty because this is not the first benefaction the nation has owed to the Sutherland famil
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Canadian Forestry Journal, October, ipio 767. From the Edinburs:li Scotsman. Mr. Tennant had the pleasant task of announcing in Parliament on Wed- nesday night what he rightly described as a "most patriotic and munificent" action on the part of a great Scottish land-owner. The Duke of Sutherland, with a gen- erosity and public spirit which will everywhere meet with merited recog- nition—recognition which will be the more hearty because this is not the first benefaction the nation has owed to the Sutherland family—is making a gift of absolute conveyance to the na- tion and its soldiers and sailors of an estate of 12,000 acres. The conditions attached to this gift are that the land is to be used for the settlement of soldiers and sailors who have a good record of service, and en- tered the Service as volunteers, and half of the holdings to be formed will be allotted to sailors. While the selection of the settlers is to rest with the Secretary for Scotland, it is a reasonable stipulation on the part of the donor, who is naturally in- terested in making a success of the scheme, that his wishes should be con- sulted in the first selection. The settlement is not to be on a pure- ly agricultural basis. Part of the land is to be set apart for reafforesta- tion by the State ; and this part of the scheme will provide an object lesson in State forestry and a subsidiary means of employment to the small holders on the land. The scheme will start under the most fortunate auspices. The land is given free; the settlers will have that combi- nation of employments which is recog- nized as the ideal, and indeed the only practicable, condition in the case of small holdings; and the financial pros- pects of well-directed forestry enter- prises are at the present time as fa- vourable as their inauguration is neces- sary in the national interest. Purchase of Stock. In the course of his statement Mr. Ten
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