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agreed to. The following were then elected to fill the vacancies 

 on the list of Office-Bearers, viz. : — Vice-Presidents — Dr A. 

 W. BoRTHWicK and Sydney J. Gammell of Drumtochty. 

 Councillors — George Leven, John Broom, John F. Annand, 

 John W. M'Hattie, Brodie of Brodie, William Dawson 

 and John Methven. The Hon. Secretary, the Secretary and 

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

 Consulting Officials and Local Secretaries were re-elected. (See 

 Appendix I. for list of Office-Bearers for 191 1.) 



Excursion. 



The Secretary said : — In the unavoidable absence of Mr 

 Buchanan, Convener of the Excursion Committee, I have to 

 say that the Excursion this year is to be held in the Border 

 district. We have already had intimation that Lord Minto will 

 be glad to see the Society at his place, and from what the 

 Duke of Roxburghe's factor at Langholm has said, we believe 

 we shall be made welcome there. No doubt there are other 

 places which we shall find interesting and well worth a visit. 

 The Committee invite suggestions. The date of the Excursion 

 has not yet been fixed. Last year we made a new departure. 

 We went at the end of June for the particular reason that we 

 were then able to avoid the crush of visitors in the Highlands, 

 and to get the hotels to ourselves. The Committee will be glad 

 to hear whether that time is likely to suit for another year. 



The President. — The general conclusion I came to last year 

 was that the end of June was fully more convenient than July. 



Mr Whitton. — I move that the same period be fixed this 

 year. I think all the Members at last Excursion concurred in 

 the opinion that it was a good time. 



The ^resident. — It is rather safer for weather. 



Mr Price, factor for Lord Minto. — The weather is invariably 

 good in the Border district in June. I should recommend the 

 beginning of June. It is the date of the Hawick Riding, and 

 for the last fifteen or sixteen years I have never known them 

 have a wet day. 



Mr Whitton's motion was agreed to. 



Scottish Exhibition at Glasgow, 191 i. 

 Mr Whitton reported that the Committee had arranged for 

 free space, and had made a contract with Messrs F. D. 



