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Class I. 



(1) "Report on the Financial Results of the Cultivation of 



Woods." 



Award — No. 1 Silver Medal, to Mr D. F. Mackenzie, 

 F.S.I., Estate Office, Mortonhall. 



(2) -The Valuation of "Woods or Plantations for the Purpose of 



Transfer." 



Award — No. 1 Silver Medal, to Mr James Pearson 

 Strabane, Brodick. 



(3) " Pieport on the Plantations of B Estate." 



Award — Bronze Medal, to Mr Thomas Dow, Forester, 

 Belvedere Road, Woodville, near Burton-on-Trent. 



(-1) " Forestry in Kent and Sussex." 



Award—No. 2 Silver Medal, to Mr David A. Glen, 

 Bedgebury Park, Goudhurst, Kent. 



Class II. 



(1) "The Pruning of Forest Trees." 



Award — Bronze Medal, to Mr Gilbert Brown, 

 Assistant Forester, Scone. 



(2) "The Preparation of Soil for Planting." 



Award — Bronze Medal, to Mr Gilbert Brown, 

 Assistant Forester, Scone. 



The Raith Bursary. 



The Report of the University Lecturer on the Raith Bursary 

 was read as follows : — 



The Bursary for 1900-1901 was awarded by the President of the 

 Society to Mr Matthew Feaks. Mr Feaks had had five years practical 

 experience as an Assistant Forester, when, in 1898, he entered the 

 Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, as a student. He there received 

 instruction in Botany (including Forest Botany), Entomology, Mensura- 

 tion and Land - surveying, Meteorology, Physics, Chemistry, and 

 Geology. He passed a satisfactory examination in the above subjects, 



