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APPENDIX F. 



Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society (Northern Branch). 



Report by the Committee of the Proceedings of the Branch to 

 T,ist December 1 907 . 



The Branch was inaugurated on the 4th day of May 1907, 

 at a meeting of the Society held in the Station Hotel, Inverness, 

 presided over by the President, Sir Kenneth J. Mackenzie, 

 Bart, of Gairloch. 



Since its inauguration the Branch has held three meetings, 

 consisting of an Excursion to Beaufort on 13th July, an Ordinary 

 Meeting on 28th September, when the President delivered an 

 address, after which the Members visited the Nurseries of 

 Messrs Howden & Co., and an Excursion to Novar on 19th 

 October. 



Both Excursions were well attended by the Members, and 

 Reports upon them are appended to this minute for the informa- 

 tion of the Council of the Society. 



The Branch was fortunate enough to receive the permission 

 of the Magistrates and Town Council of Inverness for the use 

 of a room in the Town Hall Building for its meetings, and the 

 thanks of the Branch are due to the Corporation of Inverness 

 for this privilege. 



In the District comprising the Branch, consisting of the 

 Counties of Inverness, Elgin, Nairn, Ross and Cromarty, 

 Sutherland and Caithness, there are 76 Members of the Society, 

 and of these 44 have affiliated themselves to the Branch, and 

 several new Members have been elected for the Society, the 

 total Membership of the Branch at the date of the Report 

 being 68. The Committee hopes that all Members of the 

 parent body resident in the district will become Members before 

 the next Annual Meeting. 



The income of the Branch to date is jQZ, 8s., including a 

 grant of ^^5 from the parent Society, but as by the Constitution 

 and By-Laws of the Branch the first Election of Office-Bearers 



