the Judges mentioned that the exhibits of timber by Lord 

 Powerscourt in Competitions Nos. I. and II., which had originally 

 been placed third in the former and first in the latter competi- 

 tion, had been disqualified when it was found that the timber 

 was grown in Ireland. The Committee recommended to the 

 Council that these exhibits should receive special prizes equal 

 in value to those previously awarded, and this was approved of. 

 The total prize money awarded was therefore increased to 

 ;^29, I OS. Appeals against the awards of the Judges were 

 lodged by Mr James Forgan, Bonskeid ; JVIr Alexander Pit- 

 caithley, Scone ; and Mr George Leven, Auchencruive. The 

 Committee having inquired into the matters complained of, 

 dismissed the appeals by Messrs Forgan and Pitcaithley, but 

 sustained that by Mr Leven. The Judges' award in Competi- 

 tion XV. was therefore altered, Mr Leven being placed first, 

 and the Earl of Mansfield second. 



As mentioned in their Report, the Judges did not deal with 

 the two measuring instruments by "Tak" Mete" and " Hypsos," 

 in Competitions XII. and XIII., and these were remitted by 

 the Council to Messrs D. F. Mackenzie, J. W. M'Hattie, and 

 A. D. Richardson, who reported that they could not make any 

 award in either case. They, however, very highly commended 

 " Hypsos " for the ingenuity and skill which he had displayed 

 in constructing so efficient a Hypsometer, evidently without 

 any knowledge of the existence of others of the same 

 type. (A Report of the Exhibition will be found in the 

 Transactiofis.) 



The Directors of the Highland and Agricultural Society have 

 again granted space for an Exhibition in their Showyard at 

 Glasgow, and they have also renewed their vote of JQ20 for 

 prizes for timber exhibits at that Exhibition. On the recom- 

 mendation of the Council, they have this year agreed to open 

 the competition to timber grown in the United Kingdom of 

 Great Britain and Ireland. The Schedules in connection with the 

 Exhibition, after being revised by a Committee and approved 

 by the Council, have been issued to the Members. The Council 

 having had it brought to their notice that the terms of some of 

 the Competitions in last year's Schedules were not sufficiently 

 clear, have taken steps to make them clear in the future. The 

 Committee this year are — Mr John Boyd, Forester, PoUok 

 Estate; Mr George Leven, Forester, Auchencruive; Mr John 

 Hay, Dollars Estate Office, Kilmarnock; Mr James Farquharson, 

 Forester, Inverkip; and Mr J. M. Stewart, Forester, Benmore; 

 with the addition of the following Local Secretaries: — Mr James 

 Whitton, Superintendent of City Parks, Glasgow; Mr S. 

 MacBean, Land Steward, Erskine, Bishopton ; Mr John 

 Davidson, Forester, Dalzell, Motherwell ; Mr A. B. Robertson, 

 Forester, Kilmarnock; and Mr Robert Brown, Forester, Boiden, 

 Luss, Dumbarton. 



