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Bulletins are, of course, on sale and can be had from H.M. 

 Stationery Oflfice. 



Mr Sutherland, Assistant Commissioner for Scotland, accepted 

 the Council's invitation to attend their meeting in December, 

 and gave a full report of the work the Commission had in hand 

 in Scotland, for which he was cordially thanked. 



The Commission has accepted the invitation to be represented 

 at the meeting to-day, and it is expected that Lord Lovat, 

 Chairman of the Commission, and perhaps other members, will 

 be present as well as Mr Sutherland. 



Imperial Forestry Conferetice. 



This Conference, which was referred to in last Report, was 

 held in London in the course of the summer. The members 

 also made a brief visit to Scotland. A full report of the 

 proceedings has not yet been made available, but various 

 resolutions adopted by the Conference appeared in the public 

 press, and copies were obtained by the Council. A full report 

 of the proceedings will, no doubt, be available later. 



Imperial Forestry Exhibition. 



This Exhibition, which was also referred to in last Report, 

 was held at the same time as the Conference, and the Society's 

 promised contribution, which was ultimately increased to ;^6o, 

 was duly paid. In addition to making this payment the Society 

 made available a considerable number of exhibits of timber and 

 pictures, which were returned at the close of the Exhibition. A 

 letter of thanks was received from the Committee of Manage- 

 ment in acknowledgment of the Society's assistance. 



The exhibits before they could be sent to London had to be 

 carefully examined and prepared, and this work was done under 

 the supervision of Mr Spiers who was also good enough to 

 arrange for their despatch and re-delivery on return. 



The pictures are meantime in the offices of the Forestry 

 Commission at Drumsheugh Gardens, but the Society has right 

 to obtain them at any time for exhibition purposes. 



The timber exhibits are temporarily housed at Saughton, 

 which Mr, M'Hattie has been kind enough to secure for the 

 purpose. The Committee will report later as to permanent 

 accommodation for these exhibits. 



Local Branches. 



Further correspondence has taken place with members in the 

 North regarding the Northern Branch in Inverness, but the 

 Committee is not yet in a position to report much progress. 



The usual reports from the Aberdeen Branch will be sub- 

 mitted to the meetingf. 



