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A No. i Silver Medal to Mr Alex. S. M'Larty, Forester, 

 Glasserton, for his paper on " Forest Tree Seeds." 



A Bronze Medal to Mr Alex. Macpherson, Forester, 

 Poltalloch, for his paper on "Timber Prices." 



No award was made to the writer of a paper on " Rabbit 

 Jumps." 



Mr Milne Home said that the first two essays were very 

 good, and that Mr Cape's on measurement of timber well 

 deserved a gold medal, which had been awarded. He hoped 

 that these awards would be an encouragement to writers to 

 increase their efforts to attain a higher standard of writing 

 in future. 



Forestry Exhibition. 



Mr Allan, Convener of the Exhibition Committee, gave in 

 the Report, and moved a vote of thanks to all who had assisted 

 either by providing material or by personal help in connection 

 with the matter. He said that it was probable that the exhibits 

 which had been brought together would be retained, as far as 

 possible, so as to form the nucleus of a permanent collection 

 and made available for exhibition purposes and probably in 

 course of time for a national collection. Mr Brand of the 

 Timber Supply Department and Mr Richardson also referred 

 to the Exhibition. 



Memorial Tree Planting — Trees of Remembrance. 



Col. Sutherland explained the purpose of this movement,, 

 and asked the members to give their support as far as they 

 could as he believed it would greatly stimulate interest in 

 tree planting, and also in the care and preservation of trees 

 after they had been planted. He suggested that the tree 

 which the President was to plant in the Meadows should be 

 dedicated to the memory of those members of the Society 

 who had laid down their lives in the war, and this was 

 unanimously agreed to. 



Proposed Imperial Forestry Conference. 



The President reported that he was in touch with the 

 promoters of this Conference, and that he would give what 

 help he could in the matter. Further progress would be 



