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REPRESENTATION OF LOCAL BRANCHES ON THE COUNCIL. 
Mr GammkELL, Vice-President of the Aberdeen Branch, asked 
whether the Local Branches should not have direct representa- 
tion on the Council. ‘The President pointed out that that was 
the intention, and that the Council would keep this in view in 
making the recommendations to the Annual Meetings in future. 
Mr Gammell said that his idea was rather that the Branch 
should be represented by additional special members, and not 
merely by those who might happen to be drawn from the 
district. 
The Secretary explained that the matter had been brought 
under the notice of the Secretary of the Aberdeen Branch 
previous to the meeting of Council when the recommendation 
of Office-Bearers was made for the current year. It was 
agreed to remit the whole matter to the Council for con- 
sideration. 
PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. 
Sir KENNETH MackKENZzIE then delivered his Presidential 
address, a full report of which will be found in the 7ransactions. 
THE ANNUAL DINNER. 
The Annual Dinner of the Society was held in the Royal 
British Hotel, Princes Street, on the same evening, at 6 o’clock. 
Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, President, in the Chair. The guests of 
the Society were—Mr John Gulland, M.P.; Councillor Forrest ; 
Mr William Anderson, Treasurer of the Water Trust ; Mr Sydney 
J. Gammell, Vice-President of the Aberdeen Branch; Mr 
William Lindsay, President of the Merchants’ Association ; 
Mr James Macdonald, Secretary of the Highland and Agri- 
cultural Society; Mr P. Murray Thomson, S.S.C., Secretary 
of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society; Mr Jas. Wylie, 
Secretary of the Edinburgh Agricultural Association; Mr 
W. Scott Stevenson, Secretary of Edinburgh and East of 
Scotland College of Agriculture; and the Rev. Kenneth 
Macleod, B.A. 
