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Mr Munro Ferguson's reply was as follows : — 



Raitii, Kirkcai.uy, 



\2th February 1914. 

 R. Galloway, Esq., S.S.C, 



19 Castle Street, Eoinuurc;h. 



Dear Mr Galloway, — 



I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter enclosing 

 excerpt from Minutes of Annual Meeting of the Royal Scottish 

 Arboricultural Society, the terms of which I much appreciate. 

 I thank the Society for its generous recognition of anything 

 I have been able to do for it and for forestry generally, and 

 I hope that that work is not even now at an end. 

 And believe me, 



Yours truly, 



R. MuNRO Ferguson. 



Mr Charles Buchanan, Factor, Penicuik, said : " We all 

 feel that Mr Munro Ferguson has done a great deal of good 

 to our cause, and we are very sorry to part with him. I 

 would suggest that Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, who has been 

 our President, should be asked to take his place as Honorary 

 Secretary. I know of no other gentleman connected with the 

 Society who has done more for it, or who has more energy to 

 follow Mr Munro Ferguson in this position." 



Mr W. H. Massie, Edinburgh, seconded the proposal and 

 expressed the hope that Sir John would accept office. 



Sir John Stirling-Maxwell said : " Mr Buchanan would 

 •have been as kind as he usually is if he had warned me of 

 this proposal. It comes to me as quite new, and though I 

 have to consider it on the spur of the moment, I think if 

 you consider I can be of any use to you in that capacity I 

 shall be very glad to serve." 



I'he Secretary and Treasurer, the Hon. Editor, the Auditor, 

 the Hon. Consulting Scientists and the Local Secretaries were 

 all re-elected. (For full list see Appendix G.) 



Diamond Jubilee. 



The Secretary, in referring to the proposals in the Council's 

 Report regarding the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, said that 

 the President had kindly intimated that he was prepared to 

 give two prizes, of 15 guineas in all, for certain papers on 



