to compete, and they hoped that the number of entries at Cupar 

 this year would greatly exceed those in previous years. 



Mr J. H. Milne-Home thought the Society should consider 

 before another year the advisability of including a competition 

 for private nurseries and sawmills in the district in which the 

 Show was held. He thought it would be of very great interest. 

 It had been very successful in England. There was nothing 

 antagonistic in the proposal ; he merely asked that it be 

 considered. The suggestion was remitted to the Council. 



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Proposal to alter Law XIV. 



The following motion to alter Law XiV. stood in the name 

 of Mr A. D. Richardson, viz. : — (a) To delete the words 

 " one of the retiring Vice-Presidents, and four of the retiring 

 Councillors," in the second clause of the second sentence; and 

 {b) To insert the following as the third sentence of the Law — 

 " One of the retiring Vice-Presidents or one of the retiring 

 Councillors may be elected as President, and two or more of 

 the retiring Councillors may be elected as Vice-Presidents; 

 but none of the retiring Vice-Presidents or retiring Councillors 

 shall be eligible for re-election till after the expiry of one 

 year." 



Mr J. W. M'Hattie said the motion had been considered 

 by a small committee who recommended the Council not to 

 accept it meantime. He, however, asked a remit to the Council 

 to consider and report as to the advisability of extending the 

 period of office from three to five years, of adjusting the number 

 of Council to suit that alteration, and of thereafter adopting 

 some such motion as Mr Richardson's. 



Mr Richardson said he was quite willing to withdraw his 

 motion meantime, if the Council were i)repared to modify the 

 Law in the way Mr M'Hattie had indicated. Considerable 

 discussion followed, and finally Sir Kenneth Mackenzie 

 moved that the meeting remit the report, as made by Mr 

 M'Hattie, to the Council to deal with. 



The Chairman said the proposal now was that the com- 

 mittee's report shall go to the Council for consideration, and 

 that the Council shall report at the next Annual Meeting. 

 The Council could not alter the Constitution themselves. 



Sir Kenneth Mackenzie's motion was thereupon agreed to. 



