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the meantime, and that the Council had thanked Mr Munro 

 Ferguson for his generosity in continuing it for the past three 

 years. 



Forestry Exhibition at the Highland and Agricultural 

 Society's Show. 



Mr D. P. Laird reported that the Exhibition at the Highland 

 Society's Show was a very creditable one, in view of the fact that 

 this was only the second year in which an Exhibition had been 

 held. He mentioned that Mr Wilson and Mr Clark, the local 

 Secretaries, had taken great trouble to make the Exhibition a 

 success, and a hearty vote of thanks was passed to these gentle- 

 men for their services. 



Excursion to Sweden. 



The Secretary reported that he had received about eighty 

 names for the Excursion which was about to start for Sweden, but 

 that a few of these gentlemen had, for various reasons, been unable 

 to come forward, the actual number ready to starts being 76. 



Vote of Thanks, 



A vote of thanks to the Chairman for presiding concluded the 

 business of the Meeting, and the Members of the Excursion party 

 then set out for Granton, to embark on board the s.s. " Balder " 

 for Gothenburg. 



