both the Conference and Dinner. At the close of the Dinner, 

 M. Rauner, the representative of Russia, handed to the President, 

 on behalf of the Society, a beautiful piece of silver plate— in the 

 form of a fruit dish made in the old Crimean style and set with 

 two carbuncles and one chalcedony — as a present from the 

 Russian Imperial Ministry of Agriculture. It has been deposited 

 for safe custody with Messrs Hamilton & Inches. 



In the course of the Conference the Honorary Membership 

 was conferred on the six foreign representatives present. 

 There being only four vacancies on the list for Home and 

 Colonial Honorary Members, two of these were given to 

 colonial representatives and two to home members. The 

 representatives of New Zealand and South Africa were subse- 

 quently elected Correspondents of the Society in their respective 

 countries. 



To meet the expenses of the celebrations, the Excursion Fund 

 of ;^ 187, i8s. 7d. was converted, for the time, into the Diamond 

 Jubilee Fund, to which the special contributions received were 

 added. The Board of Agriculture for Scotland gave a generous 

 donation of ;^i5o; the Society gave ;^ioo odds; and a number 

 of the invited home guests contributed ;^go. In addition to 

 these cash payments, the following entertained some of the 

 guests for a week-end, viz. : — The President, Sir John A. Dewar 

 of Dupplin ; Mr Fothringham of Murthly ; and Sir Ronald 

 Munro Ferguson : and the following generously gave the use of 

 their motor cars for the first week of the tour, viz. : — the 

 President; Sir John Stirling-Maxwell; Sir John A. Dewar; and 

 Mr Elwes. 



His Majesty the King, the Princess Royal, and other 

 proprietors not only most cordially permitted their woods to be 

 visited, but also hospitably entertained the Society's guests. 

 The Committee is most grateful to all who in these various 

 ways contributed substantially to the success of the proceedings. 

 The resources thus put at the disposal of the Committee were 

 found to be ample for the purpose, and the Excursion Fund has 

 been restored to its former position with a balance at its credit of 

 about ^50. 



A full report of the proceedings was printed in the Diamond 

 Jubilee number of the Traiisactiofis, which was held back 

 beyond the usual time to allow of this report being included. A 

 reprint of the report has also been sent to Ministers and all the 

 Scottish Members of Parliament, with a circular drawing their 

 attention especially to the resolution passed by the foreign and 

 colonial guests on the subject of the suitability of Scotland as a 

 field for afforestation. 



A large photograph of the Excursion party, taken at Benmore, 

 has been presented to the Diamond Jubilee guests with the 

 exception of Messrs Parde and Czillinger, whose copies have 

 been held back, meantime, owing: to the war. 



