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Mr Gillanders' Lecture. 



At the close of the business, Mr A. T. Gillanders, F.E.S., 

 Forester to His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, delivered a 

 lecture on '• Forest Entomology," which was illustrated by a 

 number of lantern slides. 



On the motion of Mr Johnston, Ayr, a hearty vote of thanks 

 was accorded to Mr Gillanders for his interesting and instructive 

 lecture. 



THE ANNUAL DINNER. 



The Annual Dinner of the Society was held in the evening, 

 in the Royal British Hotel. The Earl of Mansfield presided, 

 and he was supported by Bailie Murray ; the Rev. D. C. Stewart, 

 Currie ; Dr Graham, Currie ; I\Ir F. Grant Ogilvie ; Mr James 

 Macdonald, Secretary of the Highland and Agricultural Society ; 

 and Mr John Methven. The croupiers were Mr James Cook, 

 Arniston, and Mr A. Pitcaithley, Scone. There was a 

 company of about sixty gentlemen. Apologies were intimated 

 from Mr Munro Ferguson, M.P., Sir John Stirling Maxwell, 

 M.P., and others. A cablegram from Sweden from Mr Nilson, 

 the Society's latest Honorary Member, was also read amid 

 applause. The loyal and patriotic toasts were given from the 

 chair, and duly honoured. Mr W. Mackinnon, Nurseryman, 

 Edinburgh, proposed "The Corporation of Edinburgh," and 

 Bailie Murray replied. Mr Grant Ogilvie submitted the toast 

 of the evening — "The Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society" — 

 and in the course of his remarks reminded the meeting that in 

 the Museum of Science and Art, of which he had charge, there 

 was a valuable collection of wood specimens, and also a vexy 

 complete library of forestry literature — namely, the Cleghorn 

 Library — which could be consulted by Members any day. 

 Lord Mansfield, in responding, said the Society were the 

 trustees, as it were, of forestry for the kingdom of Scotland, 

 and their work had influenced the past, and would influence 

 the future. In later years they had got opportunities 

 of contrasting the systems followed in other parts of the 

 world. Modern facilities for travel made the seeing of these 

 things with our own eyes quite easy. In some cases they 

 had come to the conclusion that they had been very far 

 wrong in the past, and in other cases they were not so sure 



