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Mr Francis Berry. Forester, Minto, Hawick, who supported 

 the Resolution, said that he had known Ballogie from his early 

 boyhood, and he thought it would be a very suitable 

 Demonstration Area. 



The motion was unanimously agreed to. 



Valuation of Woodlands for Rating Purposes. 



The Secretary explained that the Council had appointed a 

 Committee to look into this matter ; that a meeting on the 

 subject had been held with the Scottish Branch of the Land 

 Agents' Society, and that the finding of the joint meeting was 

 that Proprietors should take more advantage of their privileges 

 of negotiation with Assessors, and, if necessary, should appeal 

 to the Valuation Committees, and failing satisfaction from them 

 to the Lands Valuation Appeal Court in Edinburgh. He urged 

 that members who knew of cases of hardship should send in 

 particulars which would be helpful to the Committee in 

 endeavouring to find remedies where these were required. 



Notice of Motion. 

 Notice on behalf of the Council was given of the following 

 motion, to be discussed and disposed of at the next meeting : — 



"That Law XIV. as it at present stands be rescinded, and 

 the following new Law be substituted for it, viz.: — 



"The affairs of the Society shall be conducted by a President, 

 five Vice-Presidents and twenty-five Councillors, with 

 Secretary, Treasurer and Auditor ; provided always that 

 nothing herein contained shall prevent the same person 

 being appointed both Secretary and Treasurer. The 

 President, one Senior Vice-President, five Senior 

 Councillors, Secretary, Treasurer and Auditor shall 

 retire annually ; but the President, Secretary, Treasurer 

 and Auditor shall be eligible for re-election. The retiring 

 Vice-President or one of the retiring Councillors may be 

 elected as President, and one of the retiring Councillors 

 may be elected as Vice-President, but the retiring Vice- 

 President or retiring Councillors shall not be eligible for 

 re-election to the same office till after the expiry of one 

 year. The other vacancies shall be filled by the election 

 of eligible members of the Society. Every member who 



