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The Honorary Secretary, the Honorary Editor, the Secretary 

 and Treasurer, the Honorary Consulting Scientists, and the 

 Local Secretaries were re-elected. Mr Alexander J. Munro 

 was elected Auditor in room of the late Mr John T. Watson, 

 and Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart., was elected a Trustee in place of 

 the Right Hon. Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, at present resident 

 in Australia as Governor-General of the Commonwealth. 



The Excursion. 



Mr Charles Buchanan, Convener of the Excursion Com- 

 mittee, said that owing to the continuance of the war the 

 Committee had agreed to delay making any arrangements this 

 season. 



Forestry Exhibition. 

 Nursery and Plantation Competitions. 



Mr Robert Allan, Convener of this Committee, said that for 

 the same reason his Committee also decided some time ago that 

 it would be advisable to abandon the usual Exhibition and 

 these Competitions. 



Votes of Thanks. 



Mr J. H. Milne Home. — " I beg to move a very special vote of 

 thanks to our late President, Colonel Stirling, for his services to 

 this Society during the past three years. I expect that every one 

 who has attended the annual excursions or the annual meetings, 

 and more especially members of Council, will be aware of the 

 very large amount of work which Colonel Stirling has done 

 for this Society during three somewhat important years of its 

 existence. Especially I think we are indebted to him for the 

 work he did during the time of the Diamond Jubilee Excursion 

 and the meetings of that year. It was not only the more formal 

 and necessary duties as President, but the way in which he 

 threw himself into the working of that excursion and the very 

 important part which he took in entertaining the foreign guests 

 on that occasion. For his services in that connection, and in 

 connection with the whole work of the Society during the past 

 three years, I am sure we owe him a deep debt of gratitude. 

 It has been unfortunate for this Society that he has been unable 

 to be present at the meetings and to attend to its work during 

 the past year, but I think we all recognise that he has been 



