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Medals, and four Bronze Medals. A few of those to whom Medals 

 were awarded exercised their option of claiming their converted 

 value in money. The Exhibition is to be held in Aberdeen 

 this year. The revised Schedules have been issued to the 

 Members, and from these it will be seen that Competitions 

 I., II., III., and IV. for Timber Exhibits have been divided into 

 Open and Local Sections. The Local Section is confined to 

 timber grown within the area of the Show, viz., — Aberdeen, 

 Banff, and Kincardine. The prizes, amounting to ;^2o, in the 

 Open Section are provided by the Highland and Agricultural 

 Society ; and those, amounting to ^9, in the Local Section are 

 offered by this Society. The Members of the Committee are — 

 Mr Gammell of Drumtochty ; Mr John D. Crozier, Durris ; 

 Mr John Cl.\rk, Haddo House; Mr Charles France, Aber- 

 deen ; Mr G. U. Macdonald, Peebles ; and Mr Adam Spiers, 

 Edinburgh. 



General Meeting. 



The General Meeting was held in the Highland and Agri- 

 cultural Society's Showyard at Prestonfield, Edinburgh, in the 

 course of the Exhibition week, when the Judges' Reports on 

 the Exhibition and Essays' were submitted, and other business 

 transacted. An address on " Heredity and Forestry " by Dr Somer- 

 ville, was, in his unavoidable absence, read by Dr Borthwick. 

 A full report of the proceedings was, as usual, printed and 

 bound up with the last part of the Transactions. 



Anm/al Excursion. 



The Annual Excursion, which was well attended, was held 

 in the Strathspey district on the 6th of August and three suc- 

 ceeding days, Elgin being the headquarters. The estates 

 visited were the Seafield Estates (Castle Grant and Abernethy 

 districts), Ballindalloch, Aberlour, Orton, and Gordon Castle. Mr 

 Wiseman's Nurseries at Elgin were also visited. A report of the 

 proceedings was published in the last part of the Transactions. 

 A photograph of the party was taken at Gordon Castle, of which 

 a copy was presented to each Member who contributed to the 

 common purse. On the return of the party, the thanks of the 

 Society were formally conveyed to the proprietors for the 

 privilege of visiting their estates, and for their generous 

 hospitality to the Members. The intimation of the death of 

 Sir George Macpherson Grant was heard with great regret by 

 all the Members of the Society, but especially by those who 

 had taken part in the Excursion, and who had been so kindly 

 received and entertained by him at Ballindalloch. A message 



