1 6 TRANSACTION'S OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Bursary of ^30 per annum instituted by Mr Munro 

 Ferguson, conditions attaching thereto pubUshed, and 

 Alex. T. Crombie appointed Bursar for 1 899-1 900. 

 Copies of Raith Working-Plan distributed amongst 

 landowners and others. Death of Malcolm Dunn 

 recorded. Dunn Memorial Fund started. Books 

 presented to Society handed over to " Cleghorn 

 Memorial Library" and to Lecturer on Forestry in 

 the University. Jagmastare Elis Xilson, of the Swedish 

 State Forest Department, visited Scotland in order to 

 study condition of Larch Woods; letter to the Society 

 embodying his views on same pubHshed. Lecture 

 on " Pure Forests and Mixed Forests " delivered 

 by Sir Dietrich Brandis. Section of Scots Pine, 

 270 years old, grown at Riccarton, Midlothian, 

 exhibited by Sir James Gibson Craig, Bart. Proposal 

 to visit France in 1900 : proposal afterwards abandoned. 

 Excursion in Inverness, Ross, and Sutherlandshire. 



1900. Remit made to Mr Munro Ferguson and Colonel Bailey 



to prepare Draft Memorial setting forth the claims of 

 Edinburgh as a centre in event of Royal Indian 

 Engineering College at Coopers Hill being abolished; 

 afterwards found that the Government had decided 

 to make no change meantime. Digest of replies to 

 Circular issued to Members of Society regarding Fires 

 caused by Railway Engines, sent to Boards of Agricul- 

 ture and Trade in connection with Sparks from Railway 

 Engines Bill. Subscriptions from Members of Society 

 to Dunn Memorial Fund, ^112, 3s. 6d. Proposal to 

 publish Transactions quarterly abandoned meantime. 

 Motion to admit " Honorary Associate Members " 

 adopted. Raith Bursary for 1900-1901 awarded to 

 Matthew Feaks. Xovar Working-Plan published, and 

 copies circulated amongst landowners and others. 

 Dr Nisbet delivered Address on "British Forestry and 

 its Future Prospects." Excursion in North of Ireland. 



1 90 1. Death of Queen Victoria. Address presented to the King 



on Her Majesty's death, and on His Majesty's accession 

 to the Throne. Royal Patronage renewed. Deputation 

 to Mr Hanbury, President of the Board of Agriculture, 



