On the motion of the President, seconded by Mr James 

 Whitton, Glasgow, the Report of the Council was unanimously 

 adopted. 



Accounts. 



Mr W. H. Massie, Edinburgh, in moving the adoption of the 

 Accounts, said : — " The Accounts have been printed (see 

 Appendix B) so it is unnecessary to go into details, but I 

 may say our Society is now in a better position financially 

 and as regards membership than it has ever been in its 

 existence. Our President sent out an appeal for new members, 

 and it had a splendid response bringing in over 300 members. 

 Of that number 98 were life members, which meant an 

 immediate addition to our funds of ^773. Our funds now 

 amount to something like ^"2300. During the past year our 

 income has been altogether ^751. That does not take into 

 account, of course, life membership. Our expenditure has been 

 £577, leaving a balance to the good of ^174. You will notice 

 also that our investments are going in the right direction. 

 There is an appreciation of ^70, so that on the whole we 

 can congratulate ourselves on having had a very good year." 

 The motion was seconded, and unanimously adopted. 



Election of Office-Bearers. 



The following Office-bearers were elected in place of those 

 who retired by rotation : — President — The Duke of Buccleuch 

 was re-elected. Vice-President — James Whitton, Glasgow. 

 Councillors — Wm. Gilchrist, Mount Melville; George Leven, 

 Bowmont Forest ; J. F. Annand, Armstrong College ; Alexander 

 Finlayson, Newbattle ; and A. B. Robertson, The Dean, 

 Kilmarnock. 



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

 Editor, the Auditor, and the Hon. Consulting Scientists, were 

 re-elected. 



The Local Secretaries were also re-elected, with the addition 

 of Mr Wiseman, Nurseryman, Elgin, for Morayshire. (For a 

 list of the Office-bearers for 19 19, see Appendix E). 



Forestry Exhibition. 



Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, Bart, of Pollok, Honorary 

 Secretary, said : — " I think the suggestion came, as many good 



