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the first week in August, and that it was estimated that the total 

 expenses would not exceed £15. Members intending to join the 

 Excursion were requested to send their names to the Secretary 

 without delay. It was explained that by doing so they would 

 not meantime bind themselves to attend, but they would ensure 

 that further particulars would be sent to them when ready. 



The Secretary said he had already received about eighty 

 names of persons intending to join the Excursion. 



The Society's Jubilee (16th February 1904). 



The Secretary reported that the Committee appointed at the 

 General Meeting, held in Ayr, had suggested that a very suitable 

 memorial of the Jubilee would be an Excursion to the Forest 

 School and Forests at Nancy, in France, and that the Annual 

 Meeting and Dinner might be held on the Fiftieth Anniversary 

 of the Society's foundation. To enable this to be done, the Rule 

 of the Society, making it necessary to hold the Annual Meeting 

 in the month of January, would require to be altered, and 

 the Council accordingly proposed to give notice of a motion to 

 accomplish this. The Committee was continued, with powers. 



Motions to be Disposed op. 



The following Motions, of which notice was given at last Annual 

 Meeting, fell to be discussed and disposed of: — 



(1) That the number of Ordinary Councillors be increased 



from fifteen to twenty-one, that seven Senior Coun- 

 cillors shall retire annually, and that three shall be 

 eligible for re-election, 



(2) That the Convener of the Transactions Committee be 



also Honorary Editor and a member of the Council 



ex officio. 



Both motions were put to the Meeting, and unanimously 

 agreed to. 



Election of Additional Councillors. 



The Meeting then proceeded to the election of the additional 

 Councillors required to make up the number of Ordinary 



