vener of the Committee, he might say that they considered the 

 matter very carefully. The Committee did not think that a 

 stone memorial was the best way to perpetuate a man's memory. 

 They thought that part of the money at anyrate might be usefully 

 expended in founding a Malcolm Dunn Scholarship, Bursary, 

 Excursion Ticket, or such like. It had not, so far, been decided 

 to which of these objects they would devote the balance of the 

 money in hand; but the people in Dalkeith and elsewhere who 

 subscribed so liberally towards this object, might be sure that 

 the money would not be wasted. Of course, so far as the stone 

 memorial was concerned, the subscribers were entitled to know 

 that they had got their money's worth, and the Committee would 

 see to that. 



As regards forestry at the Glasgow Exhibition, it would be in 

 the recollection of the meeting that he himself brought forward 

 the matter, and urged that the Society should take an active part 

 in an undertaking of that kind. They approached the authorities 

 of the Exhibition with that view, but had not met with a very 

 hearty response from them. Indeed, he had gone to Glasgow, and 

 found that the Exhibition authorities could make no adequate 

 provision for a Forestry Exhibit, and that the Society would be 

 called upon to pay a very considerable sum in expenses before 

 they could show anything. At a later date, when the authori- 

 ties of the Exhibition seemed to have found that they had room, 

 they approached the Society, and asked if they were willing to 

 take part. After duly considering the matter, however, the 

 Council came to the conclusion that they had no time to do this. 

 The great difficulty they laboured under was that, unlike the 

 Continental Schools of Forestry, they had no large permanent 

 collections to draw upon, and although they could have shown 

 objects of great interest, without a year or two to prepare they 

 could not do justice either to the subject or to themselves at such 

 an Exhibition. 



Election of Office-Bearers. 



Office-Bearers in room of those who retire by rotation were 

 elected as follows: — The Earl of Mansfield was re-elected 

 President ; Messrs W. Steuart Fothringham of Murthly, 

 and James Cook, Arniston, were elected Vice-Presidents; and 

 Colonel Bailey, and Messrs James Crabbe, Robert Forbes, 

 G. U Macdonald, and George Mackinnon were elected 



