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 Class II. 



(i) " Diseases aflfecting Trees, or Injuries caused to Trees, by- 

 Fungi, Insects, and Animals." 



Award — No. 2 Silver Medal, to John M. Murray, 

 Assistant Forester, Kingswood, Murthly, 



(2) " Diseases affecting Trees, or Injuries caused to Trees, by 



Fungi, Insects, and Animals." By " Coup d'Essai." 



No Award. 



(3) " The Best Method of Protecting Trees from Injury by 



Ground Game." By " Axeman." 



No Award. 



Forestry Exhibition at Highland Society's Show. 



The Secretary read the Report of the Judges, as follows : — 



We beg to submit the following Report and Awards made by 

 us on the articles in competition at the Forestry Exhibition. 



It is with great pleasure we report that the Forestry Exhibition 

 of 1904 has been a great success : as regards merit, highly 

 creditable to the individual exhibitors, and also to the Society. 



The general excellence and the variety of timbers in some 

 classes rendered the placing of awards a much more arduous task 

 than had been anticipated, the difficulty being greatly intensified, 

 owing to the fact that the work had to be done after the Show- 

 yard had been opened to the public. We would therefore 

 respectfully ask the Council to consider the advisability in future 

 of having the judging done previous to the opening of the Show- 

 ground. 



In Competitions Nos. I. and II., it transpired that the exhibits 

 placed third in the former, and first in the latter, were from 

 Ireland, by " Fidelite est et Dieu," and, in accordance with the 

 conditions, were not eligible, therefore in the list of awards they 

 are not mentioned ; but, in compliance with the wish of the 

 Committee, we recommend that special prizes, to the value of 

 those originally awarded, be given to the competitor. 



In Competition No. VIII., the exhibits of two competitors being 

 equal, we award a No. i Silver Medal to each. 



In Competitions Nos. XII. and XIII., there being no practical 



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