S^ Louis Exhibition. 



As arranged, Photographs of American Conifers grown in 

 this country were prepared and forwarded to this Exhibition. 

 A list of these will be found in the Proceedings of the General 

 Meeting, which was held at Perth. The following letter has 

 since been received from Colonel Watson, Commissioner in 

 General for Great Britain : — 



St Louis, U.S.A., 



7.2nd October 1904. 



Dear Sir, — I have the pleasure to inform you that I am 

 advised, by the American Exposition Authorities, that the 

 International Jury of Awards have awarded your Exhibit a 

 Silver Medal in Group 112. 



Yours faithfully, 



C. M. WATSON, 



Commissioner General for Great Britain, 



Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society. 



A further letter has since been received from Colonel Watson, 

 asking whether the Society would be willing to present the 

 photographs to the Forestry Museum which it was proposed 

 to form at St Louis. The Council, having considered the 

 matter, decided to ask the Royal Commission to return the 

 photographs to the Society. The Silver Medal has not yet 

 reached the Society. 



Railway Rates. 



The Honorary Secretary drew the attention of the Council to 

 the appointment of a Departmental Committee on this subject, to 

 be presided over by Lord Jersey, and the Secretary was instructed 

 to forward any complaints received from Members of the Society 

 and others regarding preferential rates on foreign timber. On 

 communicating with the Committee, however, he received a 

 reply from the Secretary to the effect that the Committee were 

 of opinion that rates on timber did not come within the scope 

 of their inquiry, which they thought was limited to rates on farm 

 and market garden produce. 



Laws. 



At the request of the Council, a proof of the Laws, as 

 amended by recent motions, was submitted to them for their 



