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of the President, Mr Story was cordially thanked for his very 

 interesting and instructive lecture. Mr Story thanked the 

 Members for their attention and courtesy. 



THE JUBILEE DINNER. 



The Jubilee Dinner of the Society was held in the Royal 

 British Hotel, Edinburgh, the same evening, at 6 p.m. W. Steuart 

 FoTHRiNGHAM, Esq. of Murthly, etc.. President of the Society, 

 occupied the Chair, and the croupiers were Sir Kenneth 

 Mackenzie, Bart., Mr John Methven, and Mr Alex. Pit- 

 CAiTHLEY, Vice-Presidents of the Society. There were over one 

 hundred gentlemen present. The guests included the delegates 

 who were present at the Jubilee Meeting in the afternoon, the 

 new Honorary Members, the Rev. D. C. Stewart, Mr Eraser Story, 

 and Mr James Macdonald, Secretary of the Highland and Agricul- 

 tural Society. The toast of the evening — " The Royal Scottish 

 Arboricultural Society" — was proposed by Dr Wm. Somerville 

 of the Board of Agriculture, and was replied to by the President. 

 A detailed report of the proceedings will be found in the 

 Transactions. 



THE GENERAL MEETING. 



A General Meeting of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural 

 Society was held in the Lecture Room of the Perthshire Society 

 of Natural Science, Tay Street, Perth, on Friday, 22nd July 1904,. 

 at 12 noon. There was a large attendance of Members, and 

 W. Steuart Fothringham, Esq. of Murthly, President of the 

 Society, occupied the chair. 



Apologies for absence were intimated from Sir Kenneth 

 Mackenzie, Colonel Bailey, and Mr Munro Ferguson, M.P. 



Minutes. 



The Minutes of the Jubilee Meeting, held on i6th February 

 last, were held as read and approved of. 



