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FRANK HULL, Forester, Lillieshall, Newport, Salop. 
JAMES RurHmrrorp, Agent, Kirkleatham, Redcar, Yorkshire. 
D. Tair, Estate Bailiff, Owston Park, Doncaster, Yorks. 
Ireland. 
Roser Coupar, Forester, Ashford, Cong, County Galway. 
PRESENTATIONS TO THE Socrety’s LIBRARY. 
The Secretary reported that the following presentations had 
been made since the General Meeting in July last :-— 
1. Schlich’s Manwal of Forestry, vols. iii. and iv. From the 
Secretary of State for India. 
Six Copies of the Official Report of the Deputation to the 
President of the Board of Agriculture. 
3. Leaflet on the Magpie Moth, from the Board of Agriculture. 
4, Provincial Government Crop Report, Nova Scotia, July 1895. 
5. Transactions of Massachusetts Horticultural Society, part ii., 
1894. 
Report of State Forest Administration in South Australia 
for 1894-95. 
7. Back numbers of the Society’s Zransactions, and Journal of 
Forestry, etc., from Mr M‘Laren. 
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Note.—Members may borrow from the Secretary any of the Books or 
Pamphlets belonging to the Society, provided they pay the cost of trans- 
mission, and guarantee their safe return within a reasonable time. 
Tue CHAIR OF FORESTRY. 
The Treasurer read the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts 
for the year 1894 in connection with the fund for the Endow- 
ment of a Chair of Forestry in the University of Edinburgh, 
which showed that the sum handed over to the University Court, 
as stated at last meeting, was £433, 10s., and that the outstand- 
ing subscriptions then amounted to £87, 6s., of which £5, 5s. 
was considered irrecoverable. He also presented the Accounts for 
1895, which showed that £63, 3s. 8d., including the Society’s own 
susbscription of £50, had been received, and that £150, 13s. 10d. 
had been paid to the University Court, making a total sum of 
£584, 3s. 10d. handed by the Society to the University towards 
the Endowment of a Chair of Forestry. The balance outstanding 
was considered irrecoverable, and should be written off. The 
Reports were unanimously agreed to, 
