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Excursion. 
The Annual Excursion was held on 31st July and three 
succeeding days The party assembled at the headquarters in 
Newcastle on the evening of 3oth July. The principal places 
visited were Alnwick, Lambton, Dilston, Healey, Minster Acres, 
and Rothbury estates, in the counties of Northumberland and 
Durham. The attendance was smaller than usual. A full report 
of the Excursion was published in the last part of the 
Transactions. 
A photograph of the party was taken by Mr Richardson, the 
Society’s photographer, at Lambton Castle, and a copy of it was 
published in the Zransactions. With the view, however, of meet- 
ing the wishes of Members, it was decided to prepare enlarged 
copies. ‘The photographer reports that these are almost com- 
pleted, and that he expects to send out about the middle of 
this month all the copies that have been ordered. 
The Council recommended to the General Meeting at Peebles 
that this year the Excursion should be held in the district of 
Speyside, Inverness-shire, and Ross-shire. This was approved by 
the meeting, and the matter was remitted to the Council, with 
powers. The programme has, however, not yet been sketched 
out. 
As mentioned in last Report, the Council repeated their applica- 
tion to the Railway Companies to have the Society placed on the 
permanent list of Societies whose Members are entitled to cheap 
fares from any part of the country to the headquarters of the 
Society wherever they may be at the time of the Excursion, and 
the Council have pleasure in reporting that the Railway Com- 
panies have now agreed to this request. The arrangement, 
which permits Members to travel at the rate of a fare and a 
quarter for the double journey from all stations in Scotland and 
England, was given effect to at last Excursion. 
St Louis Exhibition. 
The Diploma and Medal (in bronze) awarded to the Society 
have now been received. The latter is in the possession of the 
Secretary, and the Diploma has been framed and hung up with 
the photographs. 
New Zealand National Exhibition. 
A copy of the Society’s Report for 1905 was, by request, sent 
to the Director of the British Government Exhibits in this 
Exhibition, 
