Springwood Park, Floors, Newton Don, Hendersyde Park, 

 Springhill, The Hirsel, Ford Castle, Fairnington, Ancrum, 

 Alounteviot, Hartrigge, Ferniehirst, Minto and Langholm. 

 The headquarters was Kelso, but one night was also spent at 

 Hawick. Sixty-seven members were present. A feature of 

 the Excursion was the use for the first time of motors, which 

 enabled the members to overtake a much larger programme 

 than they could otherwise have done. A full report of the 

 Excursion, prepared by Mr George Leven, Bowmont Forest, 

 with a note by Mr Alex. Finlayson, will be found in the 

 January Transactions. On the return of the party the thanks 

 of the Council were conveyed to the various proprietors who 

 had been kind enough to open their grounds and woods for 

 inspection, and to entertain the members. It has been decided 

 that Deeside will be visited this year, and permission to visit 

 Balmoral has already been obtained from His Majesty the 

 King. Permission to visit the Mar Plantations had also been 

 obtained from his Grace the Duke of Fife, whose lamented 

 death has, however, cancelled this arrangement meantime. 



Excursion Fund. 



The amount at the credit of the Excursion Fund is now 

 ^60, 19s. lod., which has been gradually accumulated from 

 small surplus balances on the Annual Excursions. A proposal 

 was recently made to the Excursion Committee that part of this 

 balance might be devoted to assisting two or three foresters to 

 take part in the next foreign tour of the Society, and the 

 matter having been favourably received by the Council, it was 

 remitted back to the Committee to prepare a scheme for 

 carrying the proposal into effect. This scheme will be submitted 

 and explained at a later stage of the proceedings. Briefly, the 

 proposal is to grant three bursaries of ^10 each to suitable men 

 who would not otherwise be in a position to go abroad. It is 

 proposed that a small Committee should be entrusted with the 

 selection of the men, and that each successful applicant should 

 on his return present to the Committee a report on the tour, 

 written by himself. If the meeting approves of this scheme as 

 submitted, the matter will be proceeded with. 



Rating of Woodlands^ and Railway Cliarges for 

 Transporti/ig li/ii/)er. 



Attention is drawn to the note printed on page 96 of the 

 January Transactions inviting members to send to the Secretary 

 for consideration of the Council details of specific cases 

 known to them of grievances with regard to the rating of wood- 

 lands, and to railway charges for transporting timber. 



