Report by the Council for 1918. 

 The Report of the Council was read as follows : — 

 Roll of Honour. 



The seventh list of names appeared in the July Transactions 

 and the eighth list will be included in the part which will be 

 issued in the course of this month. These two lists contain 12 

 names, and the total names on the Roll is now 271. The Council 

 regret to announce that the following have either been killed 

 in action or have died while serving during the past year, 

 namely : — Mr James Park, Mr Ian D. Macpherson, Mr James 

 Macgregor, Mr James Moultrie, Mr Jacques Rollin, The Earl 

 of Rosse, and Col. D. W. Milne-Home. 



Membership. 



The total on the Roll of members at the close of last year 

 was 1373. In the course of the year 329 new members have 

 been elected. The following, in addition to those mentioned 

 above, have been removed by death : — John Black, William 

 Morrison, Charles Phillips, Rt. Hon. Dr Farquharson, Alex. 

 Mackenzie, William Wilson, Peter Loney, J. G. A. Baird, 

 Robert Park, James Edgar, Lord Stratheden and Campbell, 

 John Maclaren, Dr Johan Coaz, Alex. Dewar, and John Phillips. 

 In addition to these, 25 names have been removed from the 

 Roll owing to lapsing or other causes. The total membership 

 at the date of the Report is 1655, being 282 more than last year. 



Mr John Maclaren, to whom reference was made, was 

 Secretary and Treasurer of the Society from 1879 to 1887, and 

 during that period he discharged the duties of his office with 

 great ability and efficiency. 



Dr Coaz was an Honorary Member of the Society, having 

 been elected in 19 14. He was formerly Inspector-General of 

 Forestry in Switzerland, and rendered great assistance to the 

 Society in connection with their excursion to that country in 

 1913. He died on 19th August, at Coire, at the advanced age 

 of 97. 



Appeal for New Members. 



A holograph letter by the President, accompanied by a 

 Memorandum giving a short account of the objects and work 

 of the Society, was issued in the autumn of last year and 

 resulted in the addition of about 300 names to the roll of 

 members. 



Transactions. 



The usual issue of Transactions in July was made to all 

 members whose subscriptions for the year were then paid. 

 The January part has been unavoidably delayed to enable the 

 inclusion of several important articles. It is expected that the 



