It 
were re-elected. (A detailed list of the Office-Bearers and others 
will be found in Appendix D.) 
PROPOSED JOURNAL OF FORESTRY. 
The Cuarrman said he had already explained the views of 
the Council on this matter. It had been put on the paper in 
case any of them might wish to make remarks upon it. 
Sir LEonaRD LYELL, Bart., thought it would be a good thing, 
and would awaken interest in forestry, if they could arrange for 
a Journal of Forestry. There had recently been a very interesting 
conference in America, which it would have been useful to have 
had reported in this country. Dr Nisbet had also lately read a 
paper to the Society of Arts in London which many of them 
would have liked to be able to read and study. If they had a 
Journal of Forestry, these and other matters could have been 
readily brought before them, and they would be kept in touch 
with what was going on the world over. He did not see why 
their Zransactions should not be published quarterly. 
Mr RUTHERFURD of Fairnington, Roxburgh, approved of the 
proposal to print notes from foresters embodying the results of 
their personal observations. Many men would supply short 
notes when they would not write papers. 
Mr Cape. of Grange said that formerly the Royal Society of 
Edinburgh only published once a year, but authors got tired of 
waiting so long, and now they published papers in lots as they 
were read. It was a good idea to publish the Zransactions four 
times a year if need be, instead of once, but the question of a 
magazine was rather a different one. The difficulty about a 
magazine was that they might not be able to keep up the 
material and bring it out regularly at the appointed times. 
The CHairRMAN said that the bringing out of the Zyransactions 
twice a year instead of only once might prove but a preliminary 
step. If the change was successful, they might consider the 
question of publishing quarterly. But there were a good many 
things to consider before they went that length, and the Council 
wished to proceed with caution. As to going in for a magazine 
or journal published in alliance with the English Society, they 
hesitated very much. It would mean the pledging of the credit 
of the Society, and the information they got from the English 
Society was rather nebulous, The wish was simply expressed 
