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shall not be put on the market at a lower price than that at 

 which it can be grown. I feel quite sure that we are moving in 

 that direction, and I hope that this year still further progress 

 will be made in consolidating the position of timber merchants 

 with regard to this great and important question. 



" I have only one other word to say to you just now, and that 

 is with regard to Mr Sutherland's presence here to-day. He will, 

 I hope, be able to attend our discussion this afternoon as well as 

 our meeting this morning, and I am quite sure that the members 

 of this Society will recognise most fully the efforts which Mr 

 Sutherland has made on behalf of forestry in this country. 

 Though the progress he has to report may not be as great as 

 he would wish it to be, we are quite certain that the result is not 

 due to any want of good-will on his part, and I am quite sure 

 that this Society will give him as ever the most hearty possible 

 welcome. I won't detain you longer." 



Election of Office-Bearers. 



Dr BoRTHWicK, Edinburgh, moved the re-election of Captain 

 Stirling as President, and this was unanimously approved. 



Captain Stirling said : — " I thank you for the honour. I can 

 only say I am conscious of falling far short of possessing the 

 qualities which your Chairman should have in the present most 

 strenuous time for this Society. I can only assure you that I 

 shall do the best I can in the office to which you have been 

 good enough to re-elect me." 



Mr Sydney J. Gammell of Drumtochty and Mr John F. 

 Annand, M.Sc, Lecturer in Forestry, Armstrong College, were 

 elected Vice-Presidents; Messrs George Leven, J. W. M'Hattie, 

 John Broom, Alexander Murray, Forester, Murthly, J. H. 

 Milne Home, Irvine House, Canonbie, David W. Thomson, 

 Edinburgh, and J. A. Howe, Overseer, Rothesay, were elected 

 Councillors. 



The Secretary read the following letter addressed to him 



by Mr Munro Ferguson, Hon. Secretary : — 



Raith, Kirkcaldy, 



dth February 19 14. 



Dear Mr Galloway, — 



I must ask you to place my resignation as Honorary Secretary 

 of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society before the Council, 

 and convey my sincere regret at having to demit the office with 

 which I have so long been honoured. From the first day that 



