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specimens illustrating the rate of growth of trees, different kinds of 

 wood, pit-wood and railway timber, insect pests and samples of the 

 damage done by them, tools and implements, manufactured articles 

 peculiar to the district where the Exhibition is held, and other 

 objects of interest relating to Forestry. Prizes and Medals are also 

 offered for Special Exhibits. In addition to the Annual Exhibition 

 before referred to, a large and important Forestry Section organised 

 by this Society was included in the Scottish National Exhibition 

 which was held in Edinburgh during the past year. 



The Society's Transactions. 



The Transactions of the Society, which extend to twenty-two 

 volumes, are now published half-yearly in January and July, and are 

 issued gratis to Members. A large number of the Prize Essays and 

 other valuable Papers, and reports of the Annual Excursions, have 

 appeared in them, and have thus become available to Students as 

 well as to those actively engaged in the Profession of Forestry. 



Honorary Consulting Officials. 



Members have the privilege of obtaiiyng information gratuitously 

 upon subjects connected with Forestry from the following Honorary 

 Officials appointed by the Society. 



Consulting Botanist. — Isaac Bayley Balfour, LL.D., M.D., Sc.D., 

 Professor of Botany, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 



Consulting Chemist. — Alexander Lauder, D.Sc, 13 George Square, 

 Edinburgh. 



Consulting Cryptogamist. — A. W. BoRTHWicK,. D.Sc, Royal Botanic 

 Garden, Edinburgh. 



Consulting Entomologist. — Robert Stewart MacDougall, M.A., 

 D.Sc, Professor of Entomology, etc., 13 Archibald Place, 

 Edinljurgh. 



Consulting; Geologist. — R. Campbe:ll, M.A., B.Sc, Geological Labora- 

 tory, University of Edinburgh. 



Consulting Meteorologist. — Andrew Watt, M.A. , F. R.S.E. , Secretary 

 Scottish Meteorological Society, 122 George Street, Edinburgh. 



Local Branches. 



The Society, at a recent Meeting, approved of the formation of 

 Local Branches in suitable districts, and Local Branches have now 

 been established in Aberdeen and Inverness for the convenience of 

 Members who reside in the districts surrounding these centres. 



Local Secretaries. 



The Society is represented throughout Scotland, England, and 

 Ireland by the Local Secretaries whose names are given below. 

 They are ready to afford any additional information that may 

 be desired regarding the Conditions of Membership and the work 

 of the Society. 



Register of Estate Men. 



A Register of men qualified in Forestry and in Forest and Estate 

 Management is kept by the Society. Schedules of application and 

 other particulars may be obtained from the Local Secretaries in the 

 various districts, or direct from the Secretary. It is hoped that 

 Proprietors and others requiring Estate men will avail themselves of 

 the Society's Register, 



