Accounts (Appendix A). 

 Mr Massie, Convener of the Finance Committee, in sub- 

 mitting the Annual Financial Statement for approval, said 

 that the Council was considering how the income could be 

 increased and the expenditure reduced. They were reluctant 

 to ask a higher subscription but would welcome the opinion 

 of the meeting on that point. 



Dunn Memorial Fund (Appendix B). 

 The Dunn Memorial Fund Account was then submitted by the 

 Secretary. 



Excursion Fund (Appendix C). 



The Accounts of this Fund showed that a balance of 

 accumulated surpluses, amounting to ;j^62, is. 5d., had been 

 brought forward from 1914, that ^13, 12s. 5d. had been 

 added during the past year, and that the balance at the 

 credit was now ;^7o, 13s. lod. 



Aberdeen Branch (Appendixes D and E). 

 The Annual Report and Accounts of this Branch were also 

 submitted. 



The Chairman moved the adoption of the various Reports 

 and Accounts, and replying to questions put by Mr 

 Richardson said that the Council had not considered further 

 the question of payment for articles for the Transactions, owing 

 to lack of funds for the purpose^ that his criticism of the 

 Judges' award for an essay on " Timber Measuring " would 

 be considered, and that nothing further had been done with 

 regard to a diploma in forestry in connection with the 

 Edinburgh and East of Scotland Agricultural College. 



Sir Hugh Shaw Stewart referred to the Accounts and the 

 desirability of increasing the income and reducing the expendi- 

 ture, and suggested that the Council should consider whether 

 a combination of printing and circulating publications between 

 the Scottish and English Societies might be arranged, and that 

 probably the Forestry Commission might add to the interest 

 of such a joint publication by providing facts of general interest 

 for circulation. Additional advertisers might be attracted by 

 a wider circulation. It was agreed that the Council should 

 consider the matter and report. 



The Reports and Accounts were then adopted. 



