Members would join with him in thanking the Highland and 

 Agricultural Society for the grant of ;^2o which they had 

 given for prizes for timber exhibits, for the free space which 

 they had given to the Society, and for the use of the room 

 for the present meeting. The Society's Exhibition was not 

 on a very large scale, but it was a very interesting one, 

 and represented the nucleus of what would be a very large 

 development on the same lines as the years went past. The 

 number of estates in Scotland which cared to compete was 

 small, but was increasing, and as time went on there was 

 no doubt the Exhibition would become one of considerable 

 national importance. 



Election ok Honorary Members. 



On the motion of the Chairman, the following were elected 

 Honorary Members of the Society, as recommended by the 

 Council, viz.: — (i) Frederick Simmonds, M.V.O., i6 Abingdon 

 Court, Kensington West, late Deputy Surveyor of Windsor 

 Parks and Woods ; and (2) The Right Honourable Lord 

 Castletown of Upper Ossery, K.P., C.M.G., Cranston Manor, 

 Abbeyleix, Ireland, President of the Irish Forestry Society, and 

 Chancellor of the Royal University of Ireland. 



Inverness Branch. 



It was reported that, in terms of the requisition referred to 

 in the last Annual Report of the Society, a meeting of the 

 Members residing in Inverness district had been held in Inver- 

 ness on 4th May 1907, which was attended by the President, 

 the Honorary Secretary, and the Secretary on behalf of the 

 Council, when the Branch was duly constituted, and the follow- 

 ing Office -Bearers were elected: — President- — Mr J. Grant 

 Thomson, Wood Manager's Office, Seatield Estates, Strathspey. 

 Vice-Presidents — Lord Lovat and Brodik of Brodie. Committee 

 — James Gossip, Nurseryman, Inverness ; Donald Robertson, 

 Forester, Dunrobin ; Daniel Scott, Forester, Darnaway; James 

 Walker, Wood Merchant, Inverness; Gilbert Brown, Forester, 

 Beaufort; and John J. R. Meiklejohn, Factor, Novar. Hon. 

 Secretary and Treasurer — Alkx. Eraser, Solicitor, Inverness. 



