In September a one-day Excursion was organised to the Earl 

 of Balfour's estate of Whittingehame, in East Lothian. This 

 Excursion was intimated by advertisement in the newspapers, 

 and attracted a company of about thirty members. The journey 

 was made by charabanc in favourable weather, and the party 

 spent a most enjoyable day in Lord Balfour's woods. Miss 

 Balfour was kind enough to provide tea, and the members had 

 an opportunity of personally thanking Lord Balfour and Miss 

 Balfour for their kindness. A detailed report of these two 

 Excursions appeared in last issue of the Transactions. 



The Excursion party, when in the Lake District, suggested 

 that next Excursion might be made in the south-west of Scot- 

 land, and this was carefully considered. Owing, however, to 

 the fact that the British Empire Exhibition is to be held in 

 London this year, the Council recommend that next Excursion 

 should be held in the neighbourhood of London, and should 

 include a visit to the Exhibition. The time suggested is the 

 period from Friday, 20th, to Saturday, 28th June. It has also 

 proposed that the Society should co-operate with the Royal 

 English Arboricultural Society in holding a joint dinner, or in 

 some other function that may be mutually agreed on. 



A suggestion that more one -day Excursions should be 

 organised in various districts, and that Local Secretaries should 

 be invited to assist with the arrangements, has been before the 

 Council. The Local Secretaries in Scotland have all been com- 

 municated with on the subject, and their views have been now 

 received. In most cases it is felt that such Excursions would 

 be highly appreciated, but it has been pointed out that the two 

 Branches are already giving effect to this proposal in their 

 respective areas, and that the proposed Excursions should be 

 confined to those areas which are not served by Branches. The 

 matter will be further considered by the Council. 



Exhibition. 



The Annual Exhibition of Forestry in the Highland and 

 Agricultural Society's Show was held at Inverness in July, and 

 contained a fine collection of timber of very high quality, besides 

 other interesting exhibits. The Northern Branch, with the 

 assistance of the students at the Forestry School at Beaufort, 

 undertook the staging of the exhibits and the duties of attend- 

 ants during the Show, and afterwards saw that all the exhibits 

 were duly despatched, and the hearty thanks of the Society are 

 due to them for this work. The Judges of the exhibits were 

 Messrs Frank Sime, John Macdonald, and Gilbert Brown. 

 On the recommendation of the Judges, the Council has decided 

 that in future the use of varnish on exhibits of timber should be 

 disallowed. A full report of the Exhibition will be found in the 

 last issue of the Transactions. 



