necessary in dealing with an undertaking of this kind. They 

 also proposed to employ and train as foresters a number of 

 disabled soldiers in connection with their afforestation scheme at 

 Camps, and at their request the Council had agreed to co-operate 

 with them in finding employment for such men as they may be 

 able to train. 



Dunn Memorial Fund. 



There have been no payments in the course of the year. 



Library. 

 The usual list of presentations to the Library is appended. 



Local Branches. 



The report and accounts of the Aberdeen branch are appended 

 to this report as usual. Owing to the absence of the Hon. 

 Secretary of the Northern branch on active service, and his 

 subsequent death atNeuve Chapelle, no progress was made 

 with the affairs of that branch during the year. 



Royal Scottish Museum. 



With reference to the negotiations dealt with in last report 

 regarding the housing of the Economic Botany Section, which 

 included the forestry specimens belonging to the Society in the 

 Museum, the following correspondence has passed between the 

 Secretary and Mr Stebbing, Lecturer in Forestry in the 



University : — 



" 19 Castle Street, Edinburgh, 

 " l6th June 1915. 



" Dear Mr Stebbing, 



"The Director of the Royal Scottish Museum some time 

 ago indicated to my Council that, owing to want of space in that 

 Museum, he might find it necessary to transfer to your new 

 forestry Museum in the University some forestry specimens 

 which formerly belonged to this Society, and which have hitherto 

 been included in his Economic Botany Section. 



" My Council will be glad to concur in the transference from 

 the Royal Scottish Museum to your Museum of the specimens 

 referred to, provided they are assured that members of the 

 Society and all others interested will be given reasonable 

 facilities for visiting your Museum and inspecting your collections. 

 No doubt you can give my Council the assurance they desire, 

 and I shall be glad to hear from you on the subject. — I am, 

 yours faithfully, 



" R. Galloway, 



" Lecturer in Forestry, '■^Secretary. 



" University." 



