In connection with the celebration of the Society's Diamond 

 Jubilee last summer, representative Foresters appointed by the 

 Governments of Denmark, France, Holland, Hungary, Russia, 

 Sweden, India, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa visited 

 this country as guests of the Society. Accompanied by a number 

 of home representatives they made a Tour of Inspection, extending 

 to about a fortnight, of woods and afforestable lands in Scotland, 

 and at the Conference held in Edinburgh before leaving, they 

 expressed the joint opinion that Scotland lends itself admirably 

 to afforestation on a large scale, and that national support should 

 be given to the movement. A copy of the Report of the proceed- 

 ings containing their Resolution, and also the Society's Resolution 

 adopting it, was sent to Ministers and Government Departments 

 and to all Members of Parliament for Scottish constituencies. 



Excursions. 



Since 1878 well-organised Excursions, numerously attended 

 by Members of the Society, have been made annually to various 

 parts of Scotland, England, Ireland, and the Continent, In 

 1895 a Tour extending over twelve days was made through the 

 Forests of Northern Germany, in 1902 a Tour extending over 

 seventeen days was made in Sweden, in 1904 the Forest School at 

 Nancy and Forests in the north of France were visited, in 1909 a 

 visit was undertaken to the Bavarian Forests, and during the summer 

 of 1913 ten days were spent in the Forests of Switzerland. These 

 Excursions enable Members whose occupations necessarily confine 

 them chiefly to a single locality to study the conditions and 

 methods prevailing elsewhere; and the Council propose to extend 

 the Tours during the next few years to other parts of the Continent. 

 They venture to express the hope that Landowners may be induced 

 to afford facilities to their Foresters for participation in these Tours, 

 the instructive nature of which renders them well worth the 

 moderate expenditure of time and money that they involve. 



Exhibitions. 



A Forestry Exhibition is annually organised in connection with 

 the Highland and Agricultural Society's Show, and Prizes and 

 Medals are offered for Special Exhibits. In addition to this 

 Annual Exhibition, large and important Forestry Sections organised 

 by this Society were included in the Scottish National Exhibition held 

 in Edinburgh in 1908, and in the Scottish Exhibition of National 

 History, Art, and Industry, held in Glasgow in 1911. 



Plantations and Estate Nurseries Competitions. 



Prizes are now offered annually for the best Young Plantations 

 and the best managed Estate Nurseries within the Show District 

 of the Highland and Agricultural Society. 



The Society's Transactions. 



The Transactions of the Society, which extend to twenty-nine 

 volumes, are published half-yearly in January and July, and are 

 issued graft's to Members. 



