Council. 



The vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr Charles 

 Robertson was filled up by the election of Mr Charles Buchanan, 

 Convener of the Excursion Committee. 



The Committee appointed to consider the procedure in 

 connection with the recommendation of office-bearers, submitted 

 a number of suggestions which were discussed at a meeting 

 of the Council, and it was finally decided that in recommending 

 names it should be kept in view that the Council should, as 

 far as possible, be representative of all districts and all clas.^es. 



It might be of assistance to the Council in making the 

 recommendations in future, if members would be good enough 

 to send to the Secretary the names of any members known to 

 them who would be prepared to attend the meetings of Council, 

 if elected to office. These names could then be put upon the 

 list and laid before the Council when the recommendations are 

 being made at the meeting usually held in December. 



A portrait of David Douglas, framed in Douglas fir grown at 

 Scone, was presented for the Society's room, by Mr Alexander 

 Morgan, Crieff, and acknowledged. 



Transactions. 



In connection with the greatly increased cost of printing and 

 paper, the Council had under consideration a proposal that the 

 annual issue of the Transactions should be reverted to. It 

 was ultimately found, however, that a good deal of important 

 material was available, and the part formerly issued in July 

 appeared in November. The Council feel that, if it is necessary 

 to reduce expenditure, some other form of activity should be 

 curtailed rather than the Transactions. It has not yet been 

 determined when the next part will be issued, but it is 

 hoped that there will be two issues during the year, as usual. 



Essays. 



One Essay only was received, for which an award of a No. 3 

 Silver Medal was granted. The writer was Mr Alexander 

 Macpherson, Poltalloch, and his subject was the "Gathering 

 and Extracting of Forest Tree Seeds." 



Excursion. 



The first of the annual Excursions undertaken since the war 

 was made to North Wales in the last week of June (21st to 

 26th). The Headquarters for the time was Shrewsbury, where 

 the party was accommodated in four hotels. The estates 

 visited were Powis Castle, Leighton Hall, Lake Vyrnwy, 

 Kerry Woods, Llangollen, and Vivod. The early part of the 

 season was selected because of the difficulty of finding accommo- 



