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Colonel Pierre BufFault, Inspecteur des Eaux et Forets, Centre 

 de Bordeaux, France ; Colonel Henry S. Graves, Chief of Forest 

 Service, Washington, U.S.A., presently in France; Edgar C. 

 Hirst, State Forester for New Hampshire, U.S.A. ; R. G. 

 Robinson, Department of Lands, State Forests Branch, Tapanui, 

 Otago, New Zealand ; K. A. Carlson, Orange River Conservancy^ 

 South Africa; Mr John Renwick, 9 Crosbie Street, Maryhill, 

 Glasgow. 



Election of Office-Bearers. 



The Chairman, in proposing the election of the Duke of 

 Buccleuch as President for the ensuing year, which was 

 unanimously adopted, said : — " I have great pleasure in pro- 

 posing that the Duke of Buccleuch be asked to become President 

 of the Society for the ensuing year. It is the unanimous 

 recommendation of the Council, and I have no doubt that it 

 will be unanimously approved by this meeting. The Duke of 

 Buccleuch has a double qualification for the office. He is not 

 only one of the largest owners of woodlands in the country, and 

 consequently bound to have a great interest in arboriculture, 

 but he is also one of those who have in recent years made a 

 very careful study of the subject. Indeed, I doubt whether 

 there are many men in the country who have a greater know- 

 ledge of forestry questions than the Duke of Buccleuch. I am 

 sure he will make an admirable President, and that we shall find 

 him a very useful guide in the discussions that are likely to 

 arise with regard to afforestation problems during the next 

 year or two." 



Mr Milne Home and Lord Forteviot were elected Vice- 

 Presidents, the latter in lieu of the Duke of Buccleuch, elected 

 President. 



The following were elected Members of Council : — Messrs 

 James Cook, John Broom, William Davidson, James Terris, 

 D. K. M'Beath. Colonel Balfour was elected to the vacancy 

 caused by the election of Lord Forteviot as a Vice-President. 



The Hon. Secretary, the Secretary and Treasurer, the Hon. 

 Editor, the Auditor, the Hon. Consulting Officials, and the 

 Local Secretaries were re-elected. 



The Duke of Buccleuch, having taken the Chair, said : — 

 " I would like, in the first place, to return my thanks to you for 

 electing me to this post. In these times it is not altogether 



