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what we want to impress especially on the Council is that they 

 should be constantly helping us in this way." 



Dunn Memorial Fund (Appendix B). 



The Account of this Fund, which showed a credit balance of 

 ^20, 17s. 9d., was then submitted by the Secretary. 



Excursion Fund (Appendix C). 



The Accounts of this Fund were also submitted and showed 

 a balance in hand of;;^9i,7s, 5d., as compared with ;;r7o, 13s. lod. 

 brought forward from last year. 



Local Branches (Appendixes D, E, F and G). 



The Annual Reports and Accounts of the Aberdeen and 

 Northern Branches were afterwards submitted. 



Remarks on Reports and Accounts. 



Sir Ralph Anstruther, Bart. — ** I want to endorse what has 

 been said about investments. I had intended to mention the 

 matter. It seems to me it would be very sound policy to get 

 our money invested in something with a better future than 

 railways, and therefore I was very pleased to hear that the 

 Council had that matter under consideration, I am sure they 

 will do wisely if they carry out the suggestion." 



The Chairman. — "The matter was brought up at the 

 Council a few moments ago, and we have authorised the 

 Finance Committee to get expert advice, and to report." 



Mr J. H. Milne Home. — "I should like to say a few words 

 about the report on Education. Those who read the essays and 

 awarded the prizes were very pleased with a great many of the 

 essays sent in. Some of them were very good. At the same 

 time a good many were too much on the same lines, which 

 seemed to indicate that the pupils had in a certain school 

 perhaps followed too slavishly what the teacher had said or 

 read, and they were lacking in originality in that respect. But 

 as a whole I think for a first venture the result was very 

 satisfactory. You will notice from the figures that in Inverness 

 there was a very large number of certificates awarded in 

 proportion to the number of essays. The reason was that 

 undoubtedly the standard of essay in Inverness was far above 



