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that there should be a journal, and that they should take a 
prominent part in promoting it. They did not see their way to 
commit the Society at that stage. If anyone came forward with 
a feasible scheme, he had no doubt that they would be prepared 
to give it their best consideration, and place the matter before 
the General Meeting. 
FORESTRY EXHIBITION AT PEEBLES. 
The CHAIRMAN stated that Schedules in connection with this 
years Exhibition in the Highland Society’s Show at Peebles had 
been sent out, and he hoped that Members would take the 
trouble to send in any interesting exhibits they could get hold 
of. 
THE PRopOsED ScoTTISH NATIONAL EXHIBITION. 
Mr Ga.toway explained that when this Exhibition was first 
spoken about it was intended to hold it on a site in Murrayfield, 
Edinburgh, in 1907. It was found, however, that an Exhibition 
was also to be held in Dublin that year, and after conference on 
the subject it was decided to postpone the Scottish Exhibition 
till 1908. The site now proposed, if it could be obtained from 
the Corporation of Edinburgh, was part of the estate of Saughton, 
belonging to the town, and of which they were about to obtain 
possession. ‘This site, it was believed, would be a very suitable 
one, and the promoters were hopeful that the town would make 
it available for this purpose. 
LocaL BRANCHES OF THE SOCIETY. 
The CHAIRMAN moved—“ That Local Branches of the Society 
be established in such centres as the Council shall approve of, 
for the purpose of promoting the objects of the Society, upon 
such conditions as to Membership and otherwise as the Council 
may from time to time determine.” ‘That matter, he said, had 
been brought forward from the Aberdeenshire district, and the 
Council, after consideration, had suggested that branches might 
be formed in Aberdeen, Inverness, Perth, and Glasgow. Mr 
Galloway was not quite clear that they were entitled under 
their rules to pass such a motion as he proposed at that 
