Examples showing Best Methods of Utilisinr/ Small Wood in Manufacture 

 of Small Wood Articles^ Turnery, Woodwork, etc. 



No. 2 Silver Medal, to Alex. Pollock, Tarbolton, for a fancy rustic 

 oak seat. 



Instrument or Method for Expeditiously Obtaining the Diameter of Trees 

 at a Given Height. 



No. 1 Silver Medal, to John M'Tavish, Forester, The Poles, Skelbo, 

 Sutherlandsbire, for a pole instrument for obtaining the 

 length and diameter of standing timber. 



The awards were approved of, and a hearty vote of thanks Avas 

 accorded to the Judges and to the Local Secretaries for their 



St Louis Exhibitiox in 1904. 



The President explained that the Society had been invited 

 to send Exhibits of Scottish Forestry to the Exhibition at 

 St Louis. The Council had, however, decided that it was 

 impossible to send any large Exhibits, but had offered to 

 provide photographs of American conifers grown in this country, 

 and of specimen park trees. The matter was remitted to the 

 Council, with powers. 



Kegister op Foresters and Others. 



The Secretary mentioned that the Register was now in 

 operation, and that he had a number of men on his list desiring 

 places. 



The President commended the Register to the attention of 

 Proprietors desiring men, and hoped it would |irove useful. 



The Society's Jubilee, 16th February 1904. 



The Secretary reported that, in connection with the Society's 

 Jubilee, the following recommendations had been submitted to 

 and approved of by the Council, viz., (1) that the Annual Meet- 

 ing and Dinner and a Conference be held in Edinburgh in 

 February ; (2) that a Forestry Exhibition be held in the 

 Highland and Agricultural Society's Showyard at Perth ; (3) that 

 an Excursion be made to France ; and (4) that a special Number 

 of the Ty-ansactions be prepared. 



A discussion took place as to whether the Conference should 

 be held in Edinburgh in February, or at the same time as the 



