17- The Laws. 



Alteration affecting Branches. 



The following Motion, of which notice was given at last 

 Annual Meeting, was submitted and unanimously adopted at 

 the General Meeting at Dumfries : — 



" That Law XIV. {a) of the laws and bye-laws of the Society 

 be rescinded and the following substituted — 



"(i) That the President of each recognised Branch 

 shall ex officio be an extra member of the 

 Council ; and 



"■ (2) That each Branch shall, in addition, be entitled 

 to elect an extra member or members to the 

 Council annually in the following proportion to 

 membership of such Branch : — For fifty, and 

 under one hundred and fifty, one member ; 

 for one hundred and fifty, and under three 

 hundred, two members ; such elected members 

 to hold office for one year, but to be eligible 

 for re-election." 



Under this new Rule the Aberdeen Branch have intimated 

 that they will be represented this year by their President, 

 Sir John R. Gladstone, Bart., and the following two members, 

 namely. Lord Forbes and Mr John Michie. 



18. Donations. 



A gift of 100 lbs. of Douglas fir seed (green variety) was 

 received from the American Forestry Association through the 

 Forestry Commission, and was distributed. The thanks of 

 the Society for the gift were conveyed through the Forestry 

 Commission. 



Three large photographs of Douglas fir, Sitka spruce, and Red 

 cedar growing in British Columbia were presented by Mr James 

 Kay, B.Sc, of the Canadian Forestry Service. 



Mr Balfour of Balbirnie presented two photographs of a 

 magnificent rhododendron {catawbiense) growing in his grounds 

 — one taken about the time of the Society's Excursion there in 

 1892, and the other in 1908, illustrating the development in the 

 interval 



19. Dunn Memorial Fund. 

 The amount at the credit of this Fund is now £.2^, os. gd. 



