been duly audited, were formally submitted by the Secretary 

 for adoption. Mr M'Hattie, in moving the adoption of the 

 Accounts, said that it was very gratifying that in these times the 

 Society was able to show a credit balance on the year's working. 

 The Accounts were adopted. 



Reports from Aberdeen Branch. 



The reports were read by the Secretary and, on the motion 

 of Mr DuTHiE, were adopted. (See Appendix C.) 



Election of Office-Bearers. 



On the motion of Mr Whitton, Sir Andrew Agnew was re- 

 elected President. On the motion of Mr Leven, the Duke of 

 BuccLEUCH was elected Vice-President. On the motion of 

 Mr Price, Messrs Spiers, Edinburgh, G. U. Macdonald, 

 Peebles, Robert Forbes, Kennet, George Eraser, Dalzell 

 Estate Office, Motherwell, and Andrew Hamilton, Garden- 

 hall, East Kilbride, were elected Councillors. The Hon. 

 Secretary, the Secretary and Treasurer, the Hon. Editor, 

 the Auditor, the Hon. Consulting Scientists, and the Local 

 Secretaries were all re-elected. 



The President returned thanks for his re-election, and 

 moved the adoption of the various reports. He also referred 

 to the prospects of afforestation. (A report of his speech will 

 be found on page i. Vol. XXXI. of the Tra?isactions.) 



Dr BoRTHWiCK then opened a discussion on "Our Afforesta- 

 tion Problems," which was taken part in by Mr Milne Home, 

 Mr Jones, Mr Cadell of Grange, Mr Allan, Mr Whitton, Mr 

 Leven, Mr Spiers, and Mr Duthie. In the course of the 

 discussion the Secretary read a letter from Colonel Malcolm of 

 Poltalloch, on the subject of the taxation of woodlands. (A 

 full report of Dr Borthwick's remarks and the discussion will be 

 found in the Transactions, p. 95). 



Mr M'Hattie moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman, 

 which concluded the business. 



