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In connection with the Excursion Accounts (Appendix C), 

 the Secretary explained that these had not yet been closed 

 and audited, but he submitted the details of the expenditure 

 in Bavaria, and moved that the Council be empowered to 

 have the Accounts closed and audited, and appended to the 

 Proceedings of the Meeting in the usual way. Mr Buchanan 

 seconded, and the motion was adopted. 



Aberdeen and Northern Branches. 



Reports from the Aberdeen Branch were also read by the 

 Secretary, and on the motion of Mr Gammell were adopted. 

 (See Appendices D and E.) 



The Secretary explained that the Reports from the Northern 

 Branch had not yet reached him, but on his suggestion it was 

 remitted to the Council to receive the Reports and append 

 them to the Proceedings of the Meeting as formerly. (See 

 Appendices F and G.) 



Chairman's Remarks. 



Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, in demitting office, thanked the 

 Council for the support they had always given him during his 

 tenure of office. As his successor, he nominated Sir John 

 Stirling-Maxwell, Bart, of PoUok, who, he said, was engaged 

 in carrying out a policy of planting on high ground in poor 

 soil in Scotland. He thought he would make an ideal 

 President. The nomination was seconded by Mr James Whitton, 

 Glasgow, and agreed to, whereupon Sir John Stirling-Maxwell 

 took the chair, and returned thanks for the honour conferred 

 upon him. 



Office-Bearers. 



The following were then elected to fill the other vacancies 

 on the list of Office-Bearers at this time, namely : — Vice- 

 Presidents — Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, Mr W. S. Fothringham 

 of Murthly, and Mr Robert Forbes, Kennet Estate Office, Alloa. 

 Councillors — Messrs G. U. Macdonald, Robert Allan, Adam 

 Spiers, James Cook, Alexander Mitchell, Sir Andrew 

 Agnew, Bart., and Frank Scott. The Hon. Secretary, the 

 Secretary and Treasurer, the Hon. Editor, the Auditor, and 

 the Hon. Consulting Officials and Local Secretaries were re- 

 elected. (For list of Office-Bearers for 1910, see Appendix H.) 



