Former Presidents. 



following have held the office of President in i)ast 



1882. 



The 



1854-56. James Bhown, Wood Commissioner to the 

 Earl of Soafield. 



1857. The Right Hon. The Earl of Ducie. 



1858. The Right Hon. The Earl of Stair. 



1859. Sir John Hall, Bart, of Dunglass. 



1860. His Grace The Duke of Atholl. 



1861. John I. Chalmers of Aldbar. 



1862. The Right Hon. The Earl of Airlie. 



1863. The Right Hon. T. F. Kennedy. 

 1864-71. Robert Hutchlson of CarlowTie, F.R.S.E. 

 1872-73. HughCleghorn, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.E., 



of Stravithie. 

 1874-75. Professor John Hutton Balfour, 



University of Edinburgh. 

 1876-78. The Right Hon. W. P. Adam of Blair- 



adam. 

 1879-81. The Most Hon. The Marquis of 



Lothian, K.T. 



yearn, viz. : — 



Professor Alexander Dickson, Univ 



of Edinburgh. 

 1883-85. HughCleghorn, M.D., LL.D., F.E, 



of Stravithie. 

 1886-87. The Right Hon. Sir Herbert Eoi 



Maxwell, Bart, of Monreith. 

 1888-89. The Most Hon. The Makqui 



LlNLIlHGOAV. 



1890-93. Professor Bayi.ev Balfour, Univ 



of Edinburgh. 

 1894-97. The Right Hon. Sir Ronald C. I 



Ferguson. K.C.M.G. 

 1898. Colonel F. Bailey, R.E. 

 1899-02. The Right Hon. The Earl of Mansi 

 1903-06. W. Steuart Fothringham ot Mur' 

 1907-09. Sir Kenneth J. Mackenzie, Ba 



Gairloch. 

 1910-12. Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, B; 



Pollok. 



Membership. 



THE Roll contains the names of over 1450 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 articles 

 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 in 

 Forestry. Such awards have been granted continuously since 

 ^^55 ^P 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. 



