issued on the subject of the Exhibition to all members, along 

 with the notice calling this meeting, and reference is made to it 

 and to the invitation to members to offer any articles they may 

 be in a position to make available. It is to be hoped that there 

 will be a hearty response to this invitation, so that the Scottish 

 exhibit may be worthy of this country and of the occasion. 

 The Council is in a position to report that the funds, either sub- 

 scribed or guaranteed, towards the cost of the Scottish Forestry 

 Section amount to ^^1433, which includes a contribution of 

 £25 promised by this Society. The expenditure is estimated 

 to come to ;£"i5oo -;£2ooo. It will thus be seen that in 

 order to make the Section a success further contributions will 

 be necessary, and donations will be cordially welcomed. The 

 Society's representative on the Forestry Committee in London 

 is Mr F. R. S. Balfour of Dawyck. 



Forestry Commission : Unemployment Grafits. 



The Forestry Commission intimated to the Council, early in 

 the year, that they were again in a position to give unemploy- 

 ment grants in connection with forestry, and sent a number of 

 circulars, which were forwarded to members who were likely to 

 be interested in the matter. It was later ascertained that the 

 sum available for this purpose was ;£"35,ooo for planting, 

 preparing, etc., during the present season, but it was soon 

 evident that this amount would not be sufficient to provide 

 grants for all applicants. 



Irish Forestry Society, 



The Council regret to announce that the Irish Forestry 

 Society has been dissolved, and that its records have been taken 

 charge of by the Royal Horticultural and Arboricultural Society 

 of Ireland. 



Proposed Long Service Medal. 



A suggestion that the Society should award a medal to 

 foresters who had a long record of unbroken service on any 

 estate, or under any one family, was remitted to the General 

 Purposes Committee for consideration. The Committee re- 

 ported favourably of the proposal, but, on further investigation, 

 it was found that the expense of providing such a medal and 

 accompanying certificates would be too great to warrant the 

 suggestion being given effect to at the present time. 



Damage by Squirrels. 



The Northern Branch drew the attention of the Council to the 

 extensive damage caused to young trees and seed cones by 



