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Councillors from fifteen to twenty-one, in terms of the fore- 

 going Rule, when the following Members were elected: — Sir 

 Kenneth J. Mackenzie, Bart, of Gairloch; Mr E. P. Tennant, 

 younger, of the Glen; Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Bart, of 

 Pollok, M.P.; Mr John Hay, Dollars Estate Office, Kilmarnock; 

 Mr A. D. Richardson, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh; Mr 

 George Leven, Auchencruive, Ayr; and Mr Charles Buchanan, 

 Overseer, Penicuik. 



Notice of Motions. 

 Notice of the following Motions was duly given: — 



1. By the Secretary, on behalf of the Council: 



That the words "in the month of January," in Rule 24, 

 dealing with the date of the Annual Meeting, be 

 deleted, and the following words substituted for them, 

 viz., "at such time and place as the Council may 

 determine." 



2. By Mr Alexander Pitcaithley, Scone: 



That the name of the Society be changed from the Royal 

 Scottish Arboricultural Society to the Royal Scottish 

 Society of Forestry and Arboriculture. 



3. By Mr George Leven, Auchencruive, Ayr : 



(1) That the Annual General Meeting of the Society be 



held alternately in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Perth. 



(2) That the Council Meetings be held alternately in 



Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Perth. 



Mr Elwes' Paper. 



The Secretary reported that, apparently owing to a misunder- 

 standing, Mr Elwes' paper on " Seeds and Seedlings," announced 

 to be read at the Meeting, had not reached him, but that he had no 

 doubt the Members would hear it read on another occasion. He 

 said that Mr Pitcaithley had kindly agreed to open a discussion on 

 the damage caused by squirrels, and he understood that Mr D. F. 

 Mackenzie had something to say on the subject of the larch 

 disease. 



