to the Society, but, as the offer was subject to certain conditions 

 which the Council found it difficult to fulfil, the matter has not 

 yet been finally settled. 



It has been agreed that the Exhibition will be continued 

 as usual when the Show will be held at Dumfries, and the 

 Committee has been empowered to make the necessary 

 arrangements. 



It is proper to mention here that in future when medals are 

 awarded, it must be understood that these will be medal- 

 certificates and not actual medals as hitherto. 



The usual schedules have not been sent out to all the 

 members on this occasion, but these may be had on application 

 to the Secretary. 



Nurseries and Plantations Competitions. 



The Judges of these Competitions were Dr Borthwick and 

 Mr John M. Murray, B.Sc. Their awards were also made 

 known at the General Meeting, and their report has been printed 

 in the Transactiotis. 



Prizes. 



Money prizes to the value of ;^2 8, los. 3d. were awarded 

 during the year, and the following Medals were also awarded: — 



For Exhibits at Stirling . . One Gold IMedal. 



Four No. I Silver Medals. 



Three No. 2 Silver Medals. 



Three No. 3 Medals. 



Three Bronze Medals. 

 For Nurseries and Plantations One Gold Medal. 



Five No. I Silver Medals. 



One No. 2 Silver Medal. 



Two of the medallists elected to take cash instead of the 

 medals awarded to them. 



Education. 



The Committee proceeded with their proposal to invite 

 scholars attending rural schools to write essays on subjects 

 relating to forestry, and particulars were sent to the eleven 

 Education Authorities that had been good enough to respond to 

 their previous appeal. Ten of these Authorities took up the 

 matter and 1359 essays were received. These were judged by 

 members of the Committee and others who kindly undertook 

 the work, with the result that 20 prizes have been awarded in 

 addition to 307 certificates. The thanks of the Committee are 

 due to the ten Education Authorities and their officials who 



