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pany numbered about sixty. The guests of the Society were 

 Lord Kyllachy ; Rev. Archd. Fleming, of Tron Church ; 

 Bailies Hay and Mackenzie ; Mr Isaac Connell, Secretary 

 of the Scottish Chamber of Agriculture ; Mr Wylie, Secretaiy 

 of the Edinburgh Agricultural Society ; Mr Kinghorn, of the 

 Caledonian Railway Company ; and Messrs Anderson and 

 Young, of the North British Agriculturist. Lord Kyllachy 

 proposed the toast of the Society, which was replied to by the 

 President. Mr Munro Ferguson proposed "Forestry Educa- 

 tion," and Colonel Bailey replied. Other toasts followed, and 

 a number of songs were contributed by members of the company 

 in excellent style. 



LECTURE} 



Sir Dietrich Brandis, K.C.I. E., LL.D., ex-Inspector-General 

 of Forests, India, addressed a meeting held under the auspices of 

 the Society in 5 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, on Friday, 24th 

 February 1899, at 7.30 p.m., his subject being "Pure Forests and 

 Mixed Forests." The Earl of Mansfield, President of the Society, 

 presided, and introduced the Lecturer, and there was a larsje 

 attendance of Members of the Society and of the general public. 

 A discussion followed the lecture, and was taken part in by 

 Messrs Malcolm Dunn, Dalkeith ; James Whitton, Glasgow • 

 John Methven, Edinburgh ; and James M 'Donald, Craigbarnet. 



At the close of the Meeting votes of thanks were accorded to 

 the Lecturer and the Chairman. 



THE GENERAL MEETING. 



A General Meeting of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society 

 was held in No. 5 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, on Tuesday, 

 1st August 1899, at 11 o'clock a.m. The Earl of Mansfield, 

 President, in the Chair. 



Minutes. 



The Minutes of the Forty-sixth Annual Meeting of the Society, 

 held on 24th January 1899, were held as read and approved of. 



1 The lecture is printed in Part 1 of Vol. XVI. of the Transactions. 



