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course you must remember that a special effort was made to 

 secure Life Members in 19 14, and we do not look on this with 

 any sort of despondency, but we are quite sure that, when once 

 things are normal again, we shall flourish in this way more than 

 ever. The annual subscriptions have dropped by about ^£12. 

 Our expenses are very much down from last year, but 19 14 was 

 not a normal year. We had the great gathering of that year, 

 you will remember, which involved a lot of expense. The cost 

 of the Transactions is considerable, but I am sure you will all 

 agree that this is money well spent. They are carrying more 

 weight every year. For over fifty years they have been 

 preaching the gospel of afforestation in this country, and the 

 present state of affairs shows how right their advice was and 

 how good it would have been for us if it had been followed 

 much more than it was." 



Mr James Whitton, Glasgow, seconded. 



On the suggestion of Sir John Dewar, Bart., it was agreed to 

 write down the stocks to market value as in former years. The 

 accounts were then adopted. 



Reports from Aberdeen Branch. 



The Secretary then read the reports from the Aberdeen 

 branch which, on the motion of the Chairman, were adopted. 



Election of Office-Bearers. 



The Chairman. — I would now ask you to proceed with the 

 election of office-bearers for 1916. 



Mr France entered his protest against any office-bearers 

 being elected under a rule which, he said, had not been passed 

 constitutionally. 



Mr J. W. M'Hattie, Edinburgh, proposed that Sir Andrew 

 Agnew, Bart, of Lochnaw, be elected President of the Society, 

 and this was unanimously agreed to. 



On the motion of Mr Whitton, Glasgow, the following were 

 elected members of the Council in room of those who retired : — 

 Colonel Stirling of Keir, J. A. Duthie, Aberdeen, A. MacCallum 

 Scott, M.P,, W. S. Curr, Ninewar, Charles Robertson, 

 Colstoun, Sir John A. Dewar, Bart, of Dupplin, Alexander 

 Morgan, Crieff, George Mowat, Hamilton Estates, and Peter 

 Leslie, B.Sc, Aberdeen. 



