the repeated appeals made to them, and their copies have 

 meantime been held back, but will be forwarded in exchange 

 for the amount due. 



Local Branches. 



The Annual Report of the Local Branches will be submitted 

 in the course of the Meeting. 



Forestry Exhibition. 



The Annual Exhibition was held in the Showyard of the 

 Highland and Agricultural Society at Dumfries. On that 

 occasion the Committee were fortunate in securing a large 

 number of exhibits, and a site near the main entrance to the 

 Show, which made the Exhibition more accessible and attractive. 

 Mr Milne Home presided over the Local Committee, and 

 Mr John Learmont, Nurseryman, Dumfries, took charge of 

 the arrangements on the spot. The Judges were Dr Borthwick, 

 Mr William Wilson, Timber Merchant, Auchenleck, and Mr 

 G. U. Macdonald, Woodbine Cottage, Peebles. Their awards 

 were intimated at the meeting held at Dumfries, and were 

 included in the proceedings of that meeting. A report of the 

 Exhibition will be found on page 102 of vol. xxiv. of the 

 Tra?isactions. In all, 19 money prizes and 16 Medals were 

 awarded, one of the latter being a Gold Medal to the President 

 for specimens illustrating experiments in tree-planting at high 

 elevations on peaty soil. The Exhibition is to be held in 

 Inverness this year, under the auspices of the Northern Branch. 

 The revised schedules have been issued to Members. It has 

 been suggested that there should be a Competition for the 

 best kept private Estate Nursery in the Show district, and the 

 Council is conferring with the Northern Branch on the subject. 



General Meeting. 



The General Meeting was held in the Showyard at Dumfries, 

 on 2 1 St July, at which there was a large attendance. The usual 

 report of the proceedings will be found appended to the 

 Transactions issued last month. 



Annual Excursion. 



The Annual Excursion was held last year in Lochaber, the 

 headquarters being the Lochiel Arms Hotel, Banavie, where sixty- 

 seven Members assembled. The estates visited were Corrour, 

 Ardverikie, Invergarry and Achnacarry. The weather was, 

 upon the whole, very favourable, and the Excursion was looked 

 upon, by those who took part in it, as having been one of the most 

 interesting and instructive home Excursions they had attended. 

 A full report of the proceedings will be found on page 73 of 



