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Proposep ScuHoou or Forestry, 
The President gave a Report from the Deputation of the 
Society which had waited upon the President of the Board of 
Agriculture, Mr Lone, on the occasion of his visit to Edinburgh 
in October 1895. He also stated that after the meeting in 
Edinburgh, Professor SoMERVILLE had prepared a Draft Scheme 
for the establishment by the Government of a Forest area in 
Scotland, which, with the suggestions made upon it by several 
members of the Society, had been forwarded by him to Mr Lone, 
and was being considered by the Board of Agriculture. Professor 
Baytey Batrour, in supporting the statement made by the 
President, said he hoped that the President of the Board of 
Agriculture would see his way to give them the necessary aid 
they so much wanted. 
Tae Excursion or 1895. 
In connection with this Excursion, it was reported that after 
the return of the party from Germany, the President, Mr Munro 
FercGuson, offered a prize of £10 for the best Essay on the 
Excursion, and Mr Barron, Borrowash, and Professor SOMERVILLE 
each offered £1, 1s. towards a second prize. Seven Essays were 
received and submitted to the Judges, Professor SoMERVILLE and 
Colonel BatLEy, who awarded the first prize to Mr ANDREW 
Sater, Haystoun, Peebles, and the second prize to Mr DonaLp 
Ropertson, Novar. 
On the motion of Colonel Barney, the following resolution was 
submitted and carried with acclamation, viz.:—That the best 
thanks of the Society be conveyed to the Prussian Ministry of 
Agriculture, Crown Lands and Forestry, for the valuable 
assistance which it rendered to the Society during its recent 
excursion to North Germany, to which assistance much of the 
success of the visit was due. 
Tue Excursion oF 1896. 
Colonel BatLey reported that it had been resolved that this 
year’s Excursion should be made to the district lying between 
Stirling and Loch Lomond. It was expected that Professor 
Scuwaprpacu, one of the principal organisers of the German 
Excursion, would join the party, and it was proposed that a small 
number of Members should join him in a somewhat more 
