from the list owing to the causes mentioned above. The 

 Membership at this time is therefore 12 12, made up as 

 follows : — 



Honorary Members, . . . 19 



Honorary Associate Members, . 7 



Life Members, .... 323 



Ordinary Members, . . . 863 



Syllabus and Prizes. 



The Syllabus of Competitions for 1907 was issued along with 

 the Transactions at the end of December 1906. It included 

 20 subjects for Essays, for several of which valuable money prizes 

 were offered. Five Essays were received, all of which obtained 

 awards ; but it is to be regretted that none of the valuable 

 prizes were competed for. The prizes awarded were — One 

 No. I Silver Medal, two No. 2 Silver Medals, and two Bronze 

 Medals. The Syllabus for 1908 was issued along with the 

 Transactions at the end of the year. 



Donors. 



The thanks of the Society are again due to Mr W. H. Massie, 

 Mr David W. Thomson, and Mr John Methven, for renewing 

 their offers of prizes for subjects in the present year's Syllabus, 

 and to the Directors of the Highland and Agricultural Society 

 for renewing their grant of ;^2o for home-grown timber to be 

 exhibited in the Forestry Exhibition in their Showyard at 

 Aberdeen. 



Editorial Work. 



A misunderstanding having arisen between the Honorary 

 Editor and the Assistant Editor regarding the method of 

 carrying on the Editorial work, a special Committee of the 

 Council was appointed to inquire into and report on the matter. 

 The Committee found it necessary to define the duties of the 

 Honorary Editor, the Assistant Editor, and the Secretary, with 

 regard to the Transactions, and copies of their allocation of the 

 work was sent to the officials mentioned. Unfortunately the 

 Assistant Editor found himself unable to carry on the duties 

 under the conditions laid down by the Committee, and his 

 resignation was accepted with much regret. A temporary 

 arrangement was then made, under which the allowance, at 

 the rate of ^25 per annum, previously paid to the Assistant 



