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Captain Sprot of Riddell (Mixed coniferous plantation 



four to five years old). Bronze Medal. 

 Duke of Roxburghe (Bowmont) (Seven-year-old plantation). 



Bronze Medal. 

 F. R. S. Balfour, Dawyck (Six-year-old Japanese Larch 



plantation). Highly Commended. 



The Judges' awards in these competitions were approved of. 



Diamond Jubilee Celebrations. 



It was reported on behalf of the Diamond Jubilee Committee 

 that the Tour, Conference and Dinner had been very successfully 

 carried through, and that the Society's guests had expressed 

 themselves as highly satisfied with the country and with the 

 arrangements made for their comfort. Letters of thanks had 

 been received from the gentlemen who had been elected to 

 the Honorary Membership of the Society. 



The Chairman mentioned that the Society was greatly 

 indebted to the President, Sir John Stirling-Maxwell and Sir 

 John A. Dewar, who had been kind enough to lend their motor 

 cars during the first week of the tour ; and also to the President, 

 Sir John A. Dewar and Mr Fothringham of Murthly for 

 entertaining the foreign and colonial guests for the first week- 

 end embraced in the tour ; and to Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, 

 Mr Hector Munro Ferguson and Mr J. Harry Dods, Factor, 

 Novar, for entertaining a number of the guests during the 

 second week-end. 



It was mentioned that the Council had elected Mr R. G. 

 Robinson, New Zealand, and Mr K. A. Carlson, Orange Free 

 State Conservancy as Correspondents in their respective 

 countries, and these elections were confirmed by the Meeting. 



The Chairman concluded his remarks on this subject by 

 appealing for new members, and urged that each member should 

 endeavour to help in this matter. 



The Chairman mentioned that Mr Rauner, representative 

 of Russia, had brought with him a piece of silver plate in the 

 form of a Quaich as a present from the Russian Ministry of 

 Agriculture, and a conversation took place as to the custody 

 of the Quaich. The matter was ultimately remitted to the 

 Council. 



