Report of the Council 



The Secretary read the Report of the Council to the Annual 

 Meeting, which was in the following terms : — 



Death of the King. 



The death of King Edward VII., on 6th May last, deprived 

 the Society for a time of a Royal Patron. A loyal and dutiful 

 Address, as recorded in the Minutes of the July meeting, was 

 duly presented to His Majesty King George V., who, at a later 

 date, intimated that he had been graciously pleased to become 

 Patron of the Society, in succession to his illustrious father. 



Membership. 



The Membership of the Society at last Annual Meeting 

 was 1352. loi names have been added to the roll in the 

 course of the year, and 84 have been removed owing to death, 

 resignation, or lapsing, leaving a net increase of 17, and 

 raising the total membership to 1369. Amongst those who 

 died in the course of the year were the following : — Alex. 

 Milne, Edinburgh ; Sir John Kinloch ; Gen. Sir J. Clark 

 Rattray ; D. F. Mackenzie ; James Robertson ; W. A. Tait, 

 Edinburgh (joint author of The Arboriculturists in North 

 Germany)^; Professor Fisher, Oxford ; Sir Robert Dundas ; 

 Thomas Smith, Culzean ; and Prof. H. Mayr, Munich. 



Syllabus and Frizes. 



There were 21 subjects of competition included in the Syllabus 

 for 19 10. Seven Essays were received and submitted to the 

 Judges, but only four of these obtained awards, as follows : — 

 one, ^i ; two No. 2 Silver Medals; and one Bronze Medal. The 

 Syllabus of Competitions for 191 1 was issued along with the 

 January part of the Transactions. 



Donors. 



The thanks of the Society are again due to the Highland 

 and Agricultural Society for the renewal of their grant of ^20 

 for prizes to be awarded for home-grown timber exhibited at 

 Inverness ; to Mr D. W. Thomson and Mr John Methven for 

 renewing their offer of prizes for Essays ; and to various donors 

 of books and pamphlets to the Library. 



Transactions. 



The January Part was, as usual, issued punctually to all 

 Members whose subscriptions for last year were paid before 

 the close of the year. Unfortunately, a few continued to resist 



