At the meeting which was held at Hawick, it was decided that 

 next Excursion should be made to the district of Ireland in the 

 neighbourhood of Dublin. 



Transactiofis. 



Two parts of the Transactions have been issued since last Annual 

 Meeting. The Diamond Jubilee part includes the reports of 

 the celebrations already referred to, and also the Index to the 

 Tratisactions which was prepared at the instigation of the Earl of 

 Crawford, who most generously defrayed the expense. It is 

 hoped that the Index will be of great service to members and 

 those institutions which receive the Society's Transactions. Many 

 other interesting and valuable papers are included in these two 

 parts, which, unfortunately, a number of members have not 

 been able to see because of delay in forwarding their subscrip- 

 tions. On this occasion the list of arrears is much larger than 

 usual, but this is believed to be due to the war. 



Exhibition at Hawick. 



The usual Exhibition of Forestry in the Highland and Agri- 

 cultural Society's Show was held at Hawick. The catalogue 

 contained 90 entries in all, 70 being in the Competitive section, 

 and 20 in the section for Exhibition only. The local Committee 

 were Messrs Price, Leven, Leishman and J. H. Milne-Holme; 

 and Mr F. L Buttar, Student of Forestry, was a very efficient 

 attendant. The judges were Messrs Annand, Mitchell and 

 Spiers. 



The thanks of the Society are specially due to Mr Price for 

 the assistance provided by him in connection with the reception, 

 staging and removal of the various exhibits. 



The schedules in connection with the Exhibition, which is this 

 year to be held at Slateford, Edinburgh, were issued with the 

 notice calling this meeting. Members will see that slight 

 alterations have been made upon them. The timber boards 

 which last year were permitted to be from 4 to 7 feet in 

 length are now restricted to form 6 to 7 feet ; and different 

 scantlings of timber are invited for exhibition instead of merely 

 different kinds of timber. 



The proposal that a tree-felling competition should be held in 

 connection with the Exhibition has been remitted to the Education 

 Committee for consideration, along with other matters affecting 

 the practical training of assistant foresters. A remit has been 

 made by the Council to the Committee to consider as to the 

 advisability of the Society acquiring a suitable building for 

 exhibition purposes instead of being dependent annually upon 

 che canvas shed which has been supplied by the Highland and 

 Agricultural Society. 



