proceedings of the General Meeting, which was held in Stirling 

 on 22nd July. A report of the Exhibition will be found at page 

 10 r of Vol. XXIII. of the Tra?isactions. The Exhibition was 

 rather smaller than usual, and only ^12, los. of the ^1^20 

 offered by the Highland and Agricultural Society, and 15s. of 

 the ^9 offered by this Society, were awarded for exhibits of 

 timber. In addition to these prizes sixteen Medals were 

 awarded and one money prize. The Medals were as follows : — 

 One No. i Silver Medal, nine No. 2 Silver Medals, and six 

 Bronze Medals. The Exhibition is to be held this year at 

 Dumfries, and the revised Schedules have been issued to 

 Members. The competitions and prizes are similar to these of 

 last year. 



73^1? General Meeting. 



The General Meeting of the Society was held in the Show- 

 yard at Stirling, on the 22nd July, and was well attended. A 

 full report of the proceedings, containing the Prize lists, was 

 printed and bound up with the Transactions which were issued 

 in January. 



Annual Excursion. 



The Excursion last year was held in Bavaria. The party 

 set out from Edinburgh on Thursday, 29th July, and returned 

 on Thursday, 12th August, having been absent for fifteen days. 

 During their stay in Bavaria they visited the State Forest of 

 Partenkirchen, in the Alps, in the course of which they made 

 the ascent of the Schachen (over 6000 feet), also the Ebersberger 

 Forest and the Royal Experimental Forest Garden of Grafrath, 

 near Munich, Neuessinger and Heinheimer forests near 

 Kelheim, the State Forest of Reichswald near Nuremberg, and 

 the Royal Forest of Rothenbuch in the Spessart, near Aschaffen- 

 burg. Sixty Members of the Society, including Professor Mayr 

 of Munich University, who is an Honorary Member, took part 

 in the Excursion. Professor Mayr was appointed by the 

 Bavarian Government to act as official guide, and in this 

 capacity he earned the gratitude of the Members for the 

 clearness with which he explained the management of the 

 various forests visited, and the patience with which he listened 

 to and answered questions and explained difficulties raised by 

 the Members. On reaching Nuremberg, the Members presented 

 to Professor Mayr a pair of field-glasses as a memento of the 

 Society's visit. Mr W. F. Soltau, British Vice-Consul in 

 Munich, met the Members on their arrival, and did everything 

 in his power to make their stay in the city and neighbourhood 

 interesting and profitable. After the return of the party, the 

 formal thanks of the Society were conveyed to Professor Mayr 

 and Mr Soltau, and to the Foreign Office and the Bavarian 

 Government. Occasion was also taken, in the course of the tour, 



