^ogal Scottisi? ^rBortcuItural Soctctg. 



Instituted 16th February 1854. 



PATRON : 



HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE KING. 



PROCEEDINGS IN 1918. 



THE ANNUAL MEETING. 



The Sixty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Society was held in 

 the Goold Hall, 5 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, on Wednes- 

 day, 20th February 1918, at 11.30 a.m., when about fifty-five 

 members were present. Dr Greig, of the Board of Agriculture 

 for Scotland, represented the Board at the meeting. 



Apologies for Absence. 



Apologies for absence were intimated from Lord Lovat, 

 Lord Forteviot, Lord Lyell, Colonel Martin Martin, Messrs 

 Milne Home, Duthie, Eraser, Annand, Gordon, Garrioch, 

 D. Munro, J. A. Alexander, J. Boyd, J. M'Kerchar, and 

 A. D. Hopkinson. 



Report by the Council. 

 The Secretary read the following Report : — 

 Roll of Honour. 



The fifth and sixth lists of the Roll of Honour were 

 published in the last two issues of the Transactions. These 

 lists contain 27 names, which, with those included in the 

 previous lists, make a total number of 259. 



The fatal casualties during the past year, so far as ascertained, 

 were Captain M'Arthur, Inveraray; Captain T. A. Nelson; 

 Mr Thomas Campbell, Nairobi ; and Mr Duncan Macpherson, 

 East of Scotland College. 



