It is to be regretted that landowners and their foresters 

 resident within the Show area should not have taken a greater 

 practical interest in the Exhibition. Every estate cannot 

 possibly be possessed of timber of size and quality sufficient 

 to ensure a high place in the Prize List, but the list of 

 Competitions has been so arranged that all possessed of a desire 

 to help may be enabled to do so. The national aspect of the 

 Exhibition must of course be preserved, but it is especially 

 desirable that each locality should be strongly represented by 

 its own products. 



The general arrangement and staging of the exhibits reflected 

 the greatest credit upon the Exhibition Committee, who, ably 

 directed by Mr MacHattie, their Convener, had the exhibits so 

 placed that the work of the Judges was greatly simplified. 



John D. Crozier. 



John Broom. 



S. MacBean. 



The Secretary reported that the Council had unanimously 

 approved of the Judges' recommendations, and the awards and 

 recommendations were accordingly approved by the Meeting. 

 Mr Johnstone moved the adoption of the Report, and expressed 

 the indebtedness of the Society to the Judges, and also to the 

 Exhibition Committee, to whom, on his motion, a hearty vote 

 of thanks was accorded. The Secretary then moved a vote of 

 thanks to Mr Pollock for so kindly granting the use of one of 

 his rustic houses for an office during the Exhibition. He 

 also mentioned all those who had sent articles for exhibition, 

 but had obtained no award, and particularly referred to Mr 

 Weale, whose collection of Photo-Micrographs had carried ofi" 

 the Society's Gold Medal last year, and to Mr David W. 

 Thomson, Nurseryman, Edinburgh, who so kindly sent the 

 ornamental trees and shrubs. 



Judges' Report on Essays. 



The Report of the Judges on the Essays received in 

 Competition was given by the Secretary as follows, viz. : — 



Class I. 



(i) The Best Method of Disposing of Refuse Wood after 

 Felling. 



Award — Bronze Medal, to William Hall, The 

 Terrace, Tockwith, near York. 



