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Manager, might be organised. He moved that a small Com- 

 mittee be appointed to consider the advisability of holding such 

 an Exhibition, or of adopting some other way of celebrating the 

 Society's Jubilee. A Committee was subsequently appointed, 

 consisting of the President, Messrs Munro Ferguson, E. P. 

 Tennant, D. P. Laird, John Methven, and the Secretary, with 

 power to add to their number. 



Returns of Prices Received for Home-Grown 

 Timber. 



The Secretary intimated that he had received a considerable 

 number of Reports, and that an Abstract of the information 

 would be prepared and printed in the Transactions. 



Damage by Sparks from Railway Engines. 



Mr Munro Ferguson reported that the " Sparks Bill " had no 

 chance of being passed this session, and, indeed, owing to the 

 congestion of Parliamentary business, it had little chance of ever 

 being passed so long as it was introduced by a private member. 

 It was for foresters, therefore, and agriculturists as well, to bring 

 pressure to bear on the President of the Board of Agriculture, so 

 as to induce the Government to bring in a Bill on the subject. 



Votes of Thanks. 



Votes of thanks were awarded to Mr Galloway, Secretary, 

 and to Mr A. D. Page, Land Steward, Culzean, Local Secretary, 

 for the arrangements in regard to the Excursion ; and the Meeting 

 terminated with a vote of thanks to the Chairman for presiding. 



