THE ENGLISH ARBORICULTVRAL SOCIETY. [Jan. 



■vice-presidents). It was also stated that Mr. C. Stephenson, Four 

 •Gahles, and Mr. Doughty, forester to the Duke of Buccleuch, had 

 been prevented from attending. 



MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS OF THE SOCIETY. 



The secretary read over a list of new members, which brought the 

 total membership of the Society up to ninety-seven. Three other new 

 members were elected. The secretary stated that he had received 

 a subscription of five guineas from the Loi-ds of the Admiralty ; and 

 it was agreed that as that sum made a life composition, the Lords 

 of the Admiralty as a body be entered in the list of life members. 

 The minutes of previous meetings having been signed by the chair- 

 man, the secretary submitted the annual statement of accounts, 

 which showed that the receipts amounted to £57, 7s. 5d., and after 

 paying expenses there was a balance left on hand of .£23, 8s. The 

 Earl of Durham was re-elected president of the Society. — It was 

 agreed that the following be asked to become vice-presidents : — 

 Mr. George Howard and Mr. Bates (re-elected) ; Mr. John Straker, 

 Stagshaw House ; Sir F. U. Graham, Netherby ; Mr. Barrett, Skipton 

 Castle ; ]\Ir. C. Stephenson, Four Gables ; Sir John Lubbock, M.P. ; 

 Mr. H. Riley, Ennim ; Mr. H. C. Howard, Greystoke ; Dr. Lyons, 

 M.P. for Dublin ; Mr. James Watt, Knowefield ; Mr. Thomas Sample, 

 Matfen ; Dr. Brown, Haddington ; and Mr. Baty, Netherby. The 

 Council of the Society were re-elected, with the addition of Mr. 

 Massie, Carlisle, and Mr. Doughty, forester to the Duke of Buccleuch. 

 — The chairman said the secretary had done his work hitherto 

 gratuitously, and he .suggested tliat in future he should be paid 

 £10 a year. — The suggestion was accepted by the meeting, and 

 Mr. Davidson was accordingly re-elected at the salary named. — The 

 auditors were re-elected at a salary of one guinea each for their 

 services. — The local secretaries were then asked to offer some 

 observations as to the work done in their re.spective districts in 

 relation to the subject of forestry. Mr. Baty said the secretary had 

 written a paper on the case between wood foresters and gamekeepers. 

 He remarked that there was no doubt wood foresters had a great 

 deal of difficulty to contend with in relation to gamekeepers. He 

 himself did not see that there need be any difficulty whatever, pro- 

 vided proprietors would duly allow their foresters to enclose the 

 plantations with wire netting. Gamekeepei's should not be inter- 

 fered with in doing their duty, but he thought a good understanding 

 could be come to between tliem and the wood foresters. ^ — -The 

 secretary said that in addition to his paper, upon which Mr. Baty 

 had made some observations, there was a paper read by Mr. Wadle, 

 •of Newton Hall, upon " Trees and Shrubs suitable for Towns and 



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