Former Presidents. 



The 

 1854-56. 



1857. 



1858. 



1859. 



1860. 



1861. 



1862. 



1863. 



1864-71. 



1872-73. 



1874-75, 



1876-78, 



1879-81. 



1882. 

 1883- 



following have held the office of President in past 

 James Huown, Wood Ooniinissioner to the 



Earl of Scafield. 

 The Right Hon. Thk Kari. of Ducik. 

 The night Hon. TiiK ii:AnL of Staiii. 

 Sir John Hall, liart. of Dunglass. 

 His Grace The Uukk of Atholl. 

 John I. Oualmeus of Ald})ar. 

 The Right Hon. Thk Eaul of Airmk. 

 The Right Hon. T. F. Kknnfdy. 

 Robert Hutchison of Oarlowrie, F.R.S.E. 

 HughOleohoun, M.D., LL.D., F.l.'.S.E., 



of Stravithie. 

 Professor John Hutton Balfour, 



University of Edinhurgh. 

 The Right Hon. W. P. Adam of Blair- 



adam, M.P. 

 The Most Hon. The Marquis of 



Lothian, K.T. 



■85 



1886-87 

 1888-89 



1890-93 



1894-97 



1898 

 1899 

 1903 

 1907 



1910-12. 



years, viz. : — 



Professor Alexan DKR Dickson, Univf 



of Edinhurgh. 

 HughGlkghoun, M.D., LL. IX, I'.K. 



of Stravithie. 

 Tlie Riglit Hon. Sir HERbERT Eus 



Maxwkli,, P.art. of Monreith. 

 The Most Hon. The Makqhi.^ 



LlNLirHGOW. 



Professor 15AYLEV Halfour, Univt 



of Edinl>urgli. 

 The Right Hon. R. C. Munro Fkboi 



M.P. I 



Colonel F. Bailey, R.E. 

 The Right Hon. The Earl of Mansi- 

 W. Steuart Fotiiiungham of Murt 

 Sir Kenneth J. Mackenzie, Ra; 



Gairloch. 

 Sir John Stikling-Maxweil, Ba, 



Pollok. 



Membership. 



THE Roll contains the names of over 1400 Members, comprising 

 Landowners, Factors, Foresters, Nurserymen, Gardeners, 

 Land Stewards, Wood Merchants, and others interested in 

 Forestry, many of whom reside in England, Ireland, the British 

 Colonies, and India. 



Members are elected by the Council. The Terms of Subscription 

 will be found on the back of the Form of Proposal for Membership 

 which accompanies this Memorandum. 



The Principal Objects of the Society, 



and the nature of its work, will be gathered from the following 

 paragraphs : — 



Meetings. 

 The Society holds periodical Meetings for the transaction of 

 business, the reading and discussion of Papers, the exhibition of 

 new Inventions, specimens of Forest Products and other ai tides 

 of special interest to the Members, and for the advancement 

 of Forestry in all its branches. Meetings of the Council are 

 held every alternate month, and at other times when business 

 requires attention ; and Committees of the Council meet frequently 

 to arrange and carry out the work of the Society. 



Prizes and Medals. 



With the view of encouraging young Foresters to study, and to 

 train themselves in habits of careful and accurate observation, the 

 Society offers Annual Prizes and Medals for essays on practical 

 subjects, and for inventions connected with appliances used m 

 Forestry. Such awards have been granted continuously since 

 1855 up to the present time, and have yielded satisfactory 

 results. Medals and Prizes are also awarded in connection with 

 the Exhibitions and Competitions for Plantations and Estate 

 Nurseries aftermentioned. 



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