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Articles for Exhibition Only. 



For Articles brought forward for Exhibition only the Judges 

 recommended the following Awards, viz. : — 



A Collection ot different kinds of Wood. The Earl of 

 Moray, a No. i Silver Medal. 



Hand specimens of Timbers. John Crozier, Durris, a 

 No. 2 Silver Medal. 



Examples of Turf or Soil illustrating the advantages of 

 pasturing Woodland by Stock previous to Planting, 

 Countess Dowager of Seafield, /. Gilbert Brown, a 

 No. I Silver Medal. 



Forestry Tools and Implements. Messrs Ho\^den & Co., 

 Inverness, an Award of Merit. 



A Collection of Cones and Foliage. George Eraser, 

 Kingswood, Murthly, a No. 2 Silver Medal. 



Brodie of Brodie remarked that the Judges had considerable 

 difficulty in judging the timber exhibits, owing to the fact that 

 there was timber of three species in each lot, and that they were 

 not all of equal quality. He threw out the suggestion that it 

 might be advisable in future to judge the timber of each species 

 separately. Mr Donald Robertson, another of the Judges, 

 concurred, and pointed out that it might save time if the Com- 

 mittee, first of all, went over the timber exhibits to see that 

 they were in accordance with the conditions. He was not 

 sure whether it would not be an advantage to do away with 

 the condition that one of the boards should contain pith. The 

 Chairman, said that the suggestions would be carefully con- 

 sidered by the Council, and that the Society was much indebted 

 to the Judges for the great care and trouble they had taken in 

 connection with their awards, of which he moved the adoption. 

 He thanked the Northern Branch for taking charge of the 

 arrangements on the spot, and congratulated the Society upon 

 the excellence of the exhibits. A vote of thanks was also 

 accorded to the Highland and Agricultural Society for voting 

 the prize-money for the timber exhibits in the Open Section, 

 and for giving the usual facilities for the Exhibition and the 

 Meeting. 



