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one new member in the course of the year. He pointed out 

 that it was only by a powerful membership that the work of the 

 Society could be effectively carried on, and the present members 

 had to be depended upon to secure new members to fill up the 

 gaps. 



The Secretary submitted the Dunn Memorial Account, which 

 showed a credit balance of revenue at the end of the year of 

 ^4, i6s. 6d. 



With regard to the Excursion Account the Secretary said that, 

 as explained in the Council's report, this account had not yet 

 been closed, but as soon as the outstanding claims had been 

 adjusted and the necessary entries made, the accounts would be 

 submitted to the Auditor and appended to the " Proceedings" in 

 the usual way. The Secretary again referred to the proposal 

 to expend part of the surplus in connection with the Diamond 

 Jubilee celebrations, as explained in the Council's report. The 

 various accounts were approved of. (See Appendices A, B 

 and C.) 



Reports of the Branches. 



The Secretary read the reports from Aberdeen and Inverness 

 Branches, which were adopted. (See Appendices D, E and F.) 



Chairman's Remarks. 



The Chairman said : — " The remarks I have to make will be 

 brief, because we have a discussion this afternoon in which the 

 larger questions dealing with progress generally may, I think, 

 be better discussed. So I propose to leave till this afternoon the 

 greater part of what I have to say about the actual progress of 

 afforestation since the last Annual Meeting of this Society. 

 There is one thing, however, on which every member would like 

 me to say something. I am quite sure every member would 

 read with great pleasure the announcement in this morning's 

 Scotsman. I am quite sure that you would wish me to take 

 this the very earliest opportunity of offering our most hearty 

 congratulations to our Honorary Secretary, Mr Munro Ferguson, 

 on the very high and distinguished office to which he has been 

 appointed by His Majesty the King. I think our congratulations 

 may be rather saddened, though they cannot be made less sincere 

 and hearty, by the reflection that we as a Society lose what 

 Australia is going to gain, and the loss to this Society is a very 



