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No. 2 Silver Medal. Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell, Esq., per 



Napier Landale, Esq., for Logs of Spruce and Larch, 



two Larch Field-Gates, Gate-Posts, Sheep Troughs 



of Scots Fir, Boards of Spruce, Larch Fencing Stobs, 



Birch for Clog Soles, Finished Clogs, Willows or 



Osiers for Basket Work. 



No. 3 Silver Medal. The Earl of Stair, per Mr J. Edwards, 



for Boards of Japanese Larch grown on West Coast, 



Cricket Bats made from Willow grown on West Coast, 



a Method of Utilising "fungi." 



The various Judges were thanked for their services and their 



awards approved. The Highland and Agricultural Society 



were thanked for the facilities they had given and for the 



prizes provided by them for the timber exhibits, and Messrs 



Learmont, Hunter & King, Ltd., Nurserymen, Dumfries, were 



also thanked for the great assistance rendered by them in 



connection with the arrangements on the ground. 



Motion altering the Laws. 

 The following Motion, of which notice was given by the 

 Council at the Annual Meeting, was submitted for approval : — 

 "That Law XIV. {a) of the laws and bye-laws of the Society 

 be rescinded and the following substituted — 



(i) That the President of each recognised Branch 

 shall ex officio be an extra member of the 

 Council ; and 

 (2) That each Branch shall, in addition, be entitled 

 to elect an extra member or members to the 

 Council annually in the following proportion to 

 membership of such Branch : — For fifty, and 

 under one hundred and fifty, one member ; 

 for one hundred and fifty, and under three 

 hundred, two members ; such elected members 

 to hold office for one year, but to be eligible 

 for re-election." 

 The Motion was unanimously adopted. 



Excursion to Perthshire and Forfarshire. 

 In the absence of Mr Buchanan, Convener of the Excursion 

 Committee, the Secretary reported that the Excursion to 

 Perthshire and Forfarshire, held from the 4th to 7th July, 



