The Council. 



At last meeting of Council Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, Bart., 

 was, on the motion of the President, elected an Honorary Life 

 Member of the Council, in virtue of the powers conferred on it 

 by Rule XIV. which enacts that every member who has filled 

 the office of President shall be eligible for this honour. 



At a recent meeting it was decided that members attending 

 Council meetings should be provided by the Society with lunch 

 at a cost not exceeding 2S. per head, and this proposal will 

 in future be given effect to. 



Finances. 



Mr John Methven, Convener of the Finance Committee, in 

 submitting the various accounts, said that the General Accounts 

 included two items of extraordinary expenditure, namely, 

 ^149 for the Forestry Section in Glasgow Exhibition, and 

 ^320 for the Forestry Survey of Glen Mor, making together 

 J^^df). There was brought forward from 1910 a credit balance 

 of accumulated revenue of ^427 which was not sufficient to 

 meet this extraordinary expenditure, there being a deficiency of 

 ;^42 which had to be taken out of last year's revenue, thus 

 reducing the balance of surplus revenue for that year to ^51, as 

 shown in the Revenue Account. The Capital Account showed 

 a total of y?i822. (See Appendix B.) 



Dunn Memorial Fund Account. 



The balance on this account at the close of 19 10 was 

 P^24, 5s. 6d. The annual dividend of ;^2, i6s. 6d. has been 

 received in the course of the year, and the balance at the credit 

 is now ^27, 2S., as certified by the Auditor's docquet. (See 

 Appendix A.) 



Excursion Fund Account, 



The balance brought forward at the credit of this account was 

 ;^54, IIS., but ^4, IS. 3d. had to be deducted from this sum for 

 Auditor's fee and sundry outlays applicable to the previous 

 year, leaving a balance of ;^5o, 9s. 9d. The amount collected 

 in connection with the Excursion to the Border District last year 

 was ^182, 13s. 6d., and the amount expended was ;^i 72, 3s. 50., 

 leaving a surplus of jQ\o, 10s. id. to be added to the previous 

 balance of ^50, 9s. 9d., which together made a credit balance at 



