Membership. 



The Membership has been well maintained. At last Annual 

 Meeting the number on the roll was 141 1. In the course of the 

 year 82 names have been added, but 49 have died or resigned 

 and 28 have been removed through lapsing or other causes. 

 The total number at this date is 1416. Amongst those who 

 have been removed by death are : — Colonel Bailey, Hon. Editor 

 of the Transactions, who was also an Hon. Member of the 

 Society, and an Ex-President; Mr E. B. Nicholson, Advocate; 

 Sir George Clerk of Penicuik; the Rev. J. S. Loutit; Mr John 

 J. R. Meiklejohn, Novar; Mr John Watson, Timber Merchant; 

 Major Farquharson of Corrachree, and Mr J. G. Cunningham. 



Syllabus of Prizes. 



The Syllabus for 1912 was issued as usual with the January 

 part of the Transactions of that year. Twenty subjects were 

 submitted for competition, but only two Essays were received. 

 One of these was awarded a No. 2 Silver Medal, and the other 

 a Bronze Medal. 



The Council this year decided to discontinue the Syllabus of 

 specific subjects, and to award medals for papers dealing with 

 any branch of Forestry. A prize list was accordingly issued 

 with the January Transactions this year inviting Members to 

 send in papers, and indicating generally some of the subjects 

 that might be dealt with. It is hoped that there will be a 

 hearty response to this invitation. 



Medals. 



Two new reverse dies with the word " Royal " added to the 

 name have now been obtained, and a new series of Medals will 

 be struck from those dies, namely : — 



From the small die : — A Gold Medal, a No. 3 Silver Medal, 



and a Bronze Medal. 

 From the large die : — A No. i Silver (Gilt) Medal, and a 

 No. 2 Silver Medal. 



Donors. 



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

 Highland and Agricultural Society, who have again voted ;^2o 

 to be expended on prizes for Exhibits of home-grown timber in 

 their Show at Paisley. Thanks are also due to Mr A. F. 

 Mackenzie, Photographer, Birnam, for photographs of the 

 " parent Larches " at Dunkeld, and the last of the Great Birnam 

 Wood in 1906; and to Mr C. Ronald Ritchie, W.S., for a 

 photograph of the group of the Excursion party taken at 

 Balmoral. 



