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year. The other vacancies shall be filled by the election 

 of eligible members of the Society. Every member who 

 has filled the office of President shall be eligible for 

 election by the Council as an Honorary Life Member of 

 the Council." 



He said that the motion now submitted was the result of a 

 compromise arrived at after giving careful consideration to the 

 motion brought forward at last Annual Meeting, and to the views 

 expressed by the mover and seconder of that motion, and of the 

 members who took part in the discussion. The principle of the 

 former motion was adopted in this one, namely, that retiring 

 members could be promoted to any available vacancy but could 

 not be re-elected. It was further proposed that the period of 

 service should be extended from 3 to 5 years. He hoped 

 the new motion would receive the support of the meeting. 



Mr A. D. Richardson seconded the motion, which he said 

 embodied the principle of his motion which was discussed last 

 year. 



Mr C. S. France, Aberdeen, moved certain verbal amendments 

 — which he had previously intimated to the Secretary — the object 

 of which he explained was to ensure that one-third of the Council 

 and not one-fifth, as proposed by the motion, should retire 

 annually. He also proposed to delete the last paragraph of the 

 motion referring to the election by the Council of past Presidents 

 as Honorary Life Members of the Council. 



Mr John Campbell, Land Steward, Carron House, seconded, 

 and said that Councillors should be drawn from a wider area 

 than had been the case in the past. 



Mr John Leishman, Cavers, and Mr Charles Robertson, 

 Colstoun, both thought that more members should have the 

 opportunity of serving the Society on the Council or otherwise. 



Mr Cadell of Grange, while agreeing that Councillors should 

 as far as possible be drawn from all parts of the country, pointed 

 out that it might be difficult for men in outlying places to attend 

 the meetings. He supported the motion because he thought 

 it would have the effect of introducing new blood. 



Mr DoDS, Novar, and Mr Johnstone, Ayr, both suggested 

 that some sort of local or district representation might be 

 devised. 



Sir John Stirling-Maxwell said that the motion had been 



