year 115 new members, but 73 names have had to be removed 

 from the roll owing to death and other causes, leaving a net 

 increase of 42, and a total membership, as at this date, of 141 1. 

 Amongst those whose deaths have been recorded during the year 

 are : — Sir Joseph Hooker, an Hon. Member of the Society ; Lord 

 Ardwall ; Sheriff Gillespie ; Sheriff MacKay ; and Messrs H. 

 A. Harbin, G. S. Bazley, T. R. Bruce, Peter Henderson, 

 Robert Laird, and William Dick. 



Syllabus of Prizes. 



The usual Syllabus of Competitions for 191 1 was issued along 

 with the January Transactions of that year. Nine Essays were 

 received and considered by the Judges, and seven of them 

 received awards, as follows: — one, a No. i Silver Medal; one, 

 a No. 2 Silver Medal; and five. Bronze Medals. The Syllabus 

 of Competitions of 1912 was issued along with the Trarisactiofis 

 last month. 



Donors. 



The thanks of the Society are due to the Directors of the 

 Highland and Agricultural Society for renewing their grant of 

 ^/, 20 for prizes to be awarded for home-grown timber exhibited 

 in their Showyard ; and to Mr David W. Thomson and Mr 

 JoHX Methven for renewing their offers of prizes for Essays. 



The Council is also indebted to Lady Menzies for presenting 

 a portrait of the late Sir Robert Menzies to the Society's 

 collection. 



Transaclions. 



Two volumes of the Transactions were issued in the course of 

 the year, the Survey Report having been issued in June as 

 vol. XXV. It is much to be regretted that a number of members 

 have not obtained the use of this literature owing to their 

 failure to respond to requests for their subscription for the past 

 year. 



Local Brandies. 



The Annual Reports from the Local liranches will be submitted 

 in the course of the meetin<r. 



Scottish National Kxhibilion, Glass^^oic, 1911. 



The Society's Forestry Section in this Kxhibition contained 

 a very interesting collection of exhibits contributed to by a 

 large number of members and others. The exhibits were well 

 arranged and attended to by Mr Samuel Houston who was a 



