The Society's Transactions. 



The Transactions of the Society, which extend to twenty 

 volumes, are now pubHshed half-yearly in January and July, and are 

 issued gratis to Members. A large number of the Prize Essays and 

 other valuable Papers, and reports of the Annual Excursions, have 

 appeared in them, and have thus become available to Students as 

 well as to those actively engaged in the Profession of Forestry. 



Honorary Consulting' Officials. 



Members have the privilege of obtaining information gratuitously 

 upon subjects connected with Forestry from the following Honorary 

 Officials appointed by the Society. 



Consulting Botanist. — Isaac Bayley Balfour, LL.D., M.U., Sc.D., 

 Professor of Botany, University of Edinljurgh, and Regius Keeper, 

 Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 



Consulting Chemist. — Alkxander Lauder, D.Sc, 13 George Square, 

 Edinburgh. 



Consulting Ctyptogamist. — A. W. Borthwick, D.Sc., Royal Botanic 

 Garden, Edinburgh. 



Consulting Enloninloi^ist. — ROBERT Stewart MacDougali,, M.A., 

 D.Sc, Professor of Entomology, etc., 13 Archibald Place, 

 Edinburgh. 



Consulting Geologist. — R. Cami'BELI,, M.A. , B..Sc. , Cleological Labora- 

 tory, University of Edinburgh. 



Consulting Meteorologist. — ***** 



Local Branches. 



The Society, at a recent Meeting, approved of the formation of 

 Local Branches in suitable districts, and Local Branches have now 

 been established in Aberdeen and Inverness for the convenience of 

 Members who reside in the districts surrounding these centres. 

 The President of the Aberdeen Branch is Alex. M. Gordon of 

 Newton, and the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer is Robert Scott, 

 Solicitor, 230 Union Street, Aberdeen. The President of the Inver- 

 ness Branch is J. Grant Thomson, Wood Manager on the Sealield 

 Estates, Grantown, and the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer is 

 Alex. Fraser, Solicitor, Church Street, Inverness. 



Local Secretaries. 



The Society is represented throughout Scotland, England, and 

 Ireland by the Local Secretaries whose names are given below. 

 They are ready to afford any additional information that may 

 be desired regarding the Conditions of Membership and the work 

 of the Society. 



Register of Estate Men. 



A Register of men qualified in Forestry and in Forest and P^state 

 Management is kept by the Society. Schedules of application and 

 other particulars may be obtained from the Local Secretaries in the 

 various districts, or direct from the Secretary. It is hoped that 

 Proprietors and others requiring Estate men will avail themselves of 

 the Society's Register. 



