The Association for the Preservation of Rural Scotland (A.P.R.S.) 

FOUNDED  1926 

TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT 1956 

TO BE PRESENTED AT 

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

TO BE HELD AT 

15 RUTLAND SQUARE, EDINBURGH 1 

On WEDNESDAY, 18th APRIL 1956 At 2.30 p.m. 

The Rt. Hon. THE EARL OF HADDINGTON, K.T., M.C. 

will give an Address 

THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF RURAL SCOTLAND 

OFFICE-BEARERS 

Honorary President 

SIR JOHN STIRLING MAXWELL, BT., K.T. 

POLLOCK HOUSE, GLASGOW 

President 

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF GALLOWAY 

CUMLODEN, NEWTON-STEWART 

Vice-President 

SIR SAMUEL STRANG STEEL, BT. 

PHILIPHAUGH, SELKIRK 

Chairman of Council 

COMMANDER H. C. COURTNEY CLARKE, D.S.O., R.N.

 CLINT LODGE, ST BOSWELLS 

Vice-Chairman of Council 

ALAN STEWART-CLARK 

18 LAUDER ROAD, EDINBURGH 

Hon. Secretary 

H. A. RENDEL GOVAN, A.R.I.B.A. 

44 QUEEN STREET, EDINBURGH 

Hon. Treasurer 

IAN D. ROSS, W.S. 

1 THISTLE COURT, EDINBURGH 

Organising Secretary 

KENNETH MACRAE, W.S. 

Office: 15 RUTLAND SQUARE, EDINBURGH 1 Telephone FOU 7631 

THE COUNCIL 

ELECTED MEMBERS 

Chairman – Commander H. C. COURTNEY CLARKE, D.S.O., R.N. 

Mrs MACKENZIE ANDERSON, 69 Southpark Avenue, Glasgow, W.2 J. BARTHOLOMEW, M.C., M.A., F.R.G.S., Manor House, Inveresk 

E. S. BELL, F.R.I.A.S., Cranstonhill, Stirling 

Mrs D. S. BROWNE, 5 Greenmount Avenue, Burntisland 

Mrs M. A. COWAN, Eastfield, Bowden, Melrose 

Mrs RAMAGE DAWSON, Balado, Kinross 

W. FERRIS, 159 West Nile Street, Glasgow, C.1 

A. CAMPBELL FRASER, Borthwickshiels, Hawick 

The Hon. T. G. D. GALBRAITH, M.P. 

W. M. GLASS, 38 Drummond Place, Edinburgh 

LESLIE GRAHAME MACDOUGALL, R.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., P.R.I.A.S., 6 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh 3 

The Right Hon. THE EARL OF HADDINGTON, K.T., M.C., Mellerstain, Gordon, Berwickshire 

Mrs R. M. HEDDERWICK, 44 Coates Gardens, Edinburgh 12 

D. J. MCARTHUR, 39 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh 3 

B. N. H. ORPHOOT, R.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., Well House, Easter Belmont Road, Edinburgh 12 

Major R. A. OSWALD, Cavens, by Dumfries 

Mrs A. E. ROBERTSON, 17 Cluny Gardens, Edinburgh 10 

F. CHARLES ROGERS, L.D.S., R.F.P.S., 57 Manor Place, Edinburgh 3 

ALAN STEWART-CLARK, 18 Lauder Road, Edinburgh 9 

Brig, ALAN H. C. SWINTON, M.C., Kimmerghame, Duns, Berwickshire 

The Hon. DAVID J. WATSON, Q.C., 45 Northumberland Street, Edinburgh 3 

WM. WILSON, R.S.A., 11A Belford Mews, Edinburgh 4 

CONSTITUENT BODIES AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES 

AFFILIATED SOCIETIES AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES 

* Elected to the Council as representative 

THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF RURAL SCOTLAND 

ANNUAL REPORT, 1956 

THE Council have pleasure in submitting the Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the Association, together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December 1955. 

General. 

The year under review has been another busy one for the Council. They have been concerned with many varied matters and the influence of the Association has been exercised to an increasing degree. 

The Council. 

During the year Lord Polwarth intimated his resignation from the Council on his appointment as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Scottish Council (Develop- ment and Industry) and his resignation was accepted with much regret. 

The Council cordially congratulated Mrs Mackenzie Anderson on the award to her of the St Mungo Prize, which is made every three years to the person who has made the most notable contribution in the preceding three years for the good of the City of Glasgow. Mrs Mackenzie Anderson has generously made a donation of £50 out of the prize money to the A.P.R.S., which has been suitably acknowledged by the Council. 

The Council have met regularly each month (July and August excepted). Their meetings continue to be well attended by representatives of many of the Constituent Bodies. A very good liaison continues to be maintained with Government Departments, Local Authorities, and Public Boards. The Press has to be warmly thanked for its interest in the objects and work of the Association. 

Membership.

During the year under review The Land Agents’ Society joined the Association as a Constituent Society. 

The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland have intimated their resignation for technical reasons from the Association, which has been accepted with regret. 

The total number of Constituent Bodies and Affiliated Societies is now forty-two. 

During the period of this Report the following new individual members joined:- 

LIFE: 

1956 The Earl of Ancaster. 

1956 The Lord Craigmyle and Lady Craigmyle. 

1955 Dr W. L. Edge. 

ANNUAL: 

1956 The Dowager Countess of Eglinton and Winton. 

1955 The Dowager Countess of Lauderdale. 

1956 The Captain of Dunstaffnage. 

1955 Mrs Marion Ranken. 

1956 A. A. Fulton. 

1956 Provost J. M. Playfair. 

1956 Mrs Playfair. 

1956 Miss V. C. Young. 

1956 Captain R. G. Home. 

1956 Mrs Agnes Jardine. 

1956 Miss Katherine M. Low. 

1956 Colin D. Martin. 

1956 Lady Trevelyan. 

1956 Mrs Campbell Fraser. 

1956 Colonel R. D. Younger. 

ASSOCIATE: 

1955 Dr Angus McNiven. 

1955 Mrs David Macdonald. 

The following deaths of members have been noted by the Council with the deepest regret:—

1955 

Mr T. Lawrie, C.B.E., General Manager of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board.

1955 

Captain W. C. Tancred, C.B.E., R.N. 

Miss Jane Younger. 

Miss M. M. Johnstone. 

Mrs E. Lander. 

Committees.

-The following are the Standing Committees appointed by the Council:- 

• CHAIRMAN’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE (including Finance and Publicity): 

Chairman – Commander Courtney Clarke. 

• JOINT RIVER POLLUTION, FISHERIES AND HYDRO-ELECTRIC SUB-COMMITTEE: 

Chairman – Commander Courtney Clarke. 

Vice-Chairman – Mr B. N. H. Orphoot, R.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. 

• RURAL AMENITIES SUB-COMMITTEE: 

Chairman – Mrs Mackenzie Anderson. 

Vice-Chairman – Mr Alan Stewart-Clark. 

• BUILDINGS OF ARCHITECTURAL MERIT OR HISTORIC INTEREST: 

Chairman – Mr Leslie Grahame MacDougall, R.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., P.R.I.A.S. 

Annual General Meeting, 1955.

-The Annual General Meeting was held at 15 Rutland Square, Edinburgh, on 22nd April 1955. The President, The Right Honourable The Earl of Galloway, was in the Chair, and the meeting was well attended. The address was given by The Right Honourable Walter Elliot, C.H., M.C., M.P., who appealed to members of the public not only to bring to notice projected vandalism, but to strive to become members of the bodies responsible for the care of the Scottish countryside. Each generation were, he said, the trustees of the beautiful property which they inherited and which they would pass on. They had a responsibility to the generation ahead and would have to repay to them what they had taken over. All should do their best to discharge this duty, which was all the more important now since the responsibility for the countryside had been transferred so largely from the private individual to the innumerable public bodies who had authority practically of life or death over scenery and beauty – and who sometimes exercised it in a fairly haphazard fashion. All must realise how very greatly the power to make or mar Scotland had passed out of the hands of private individuals into the hands of public bodies. He referred to a sort of madness of vandalism which fell upon public bodies from time to time, and which he described as a recklessness of the beauty entrusted to their care. A collective body might at times be quite astonishingly out of harmony with the desire of the public. The price of beauty was eternal vigilance and there was need of a greater awareness of our inheritance. This was all the more important now because the world outside was increasingly conscious of Scotland and tourism was becoming one of our great industries. 

In moving the adoption of the Annual Report, Commander Courtney Clarke, Chairman of Council, made particular reference to the anti-litter campaign, hydro-electric development and river pollution. 

After the meeting tea was served, thus giving members an opportunity of meeting and enjoying an informal discussion. 

Litter. 

A further anti-litter campaign was carried out in 1954. The distribution of anti-litter notices was continued and requests for supplies of these were received from various quarters. To take an example, copies of the notice were distributed to each Guide Company and Brownie Pack in the County of Inverness. 

All outgoing correspondence from the A.P.R.S. is stamped with a rubber stamp “A.P.R.S.-Help to keep Rural Scotland tidy- Please, no litter.” This is not directed so much at the recipients, but at all through whose hands the envelopes pass. 

In July a letter was sent to some thirty newspapers circulating in Scotland reminding the public how litter should be dealt with, and visitors to Scotland were asked through the English Press to co-operate in the campaign. 

At the Annual General Meeting, Lord Breadalbane made very strong representations about the state of affairs at Yellowcraig Beach, near Dirleton. The matter was subsequently taken up with the East Lothian County Council, and the Council were gratified to learn that the County Council is to carry out various improvements which will take effect in the summer of 1956. As mentioned in last year’s Annual Report, these include the making of appropriate bye-laws. 

The wonderful summer of 1955 provided opportunities for thousands of people from the cities to enjoy camping, caravaning and motoring in the countryside, but the Council consider that never in the past has so much litter, broken glass, &c., been scattered along the roadsides, on beaches and up glens. In the view of the Council, if this habit is to be checked the education of the public must start in the towns. In this connection the Council were very interested to learn that during the year Jedburgh Town Council had been taking strong and active measures, which proved very successful, to stop litter being scattered in the burgh. Prosecutions were taken under Section. 381 (36) of the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1882, and offenders were fined. In the hope that this example might be followed by other Burghs and that County Councils might give thought to the making of bye-laws to enable such prosecutions to be brought in the land-ward areas, a letter was sent to the Press during September 1955 and the matter was also brought to the notice of the Convention of Royal Burghs. 

The Council have been making plans for a further anti-litter campaign in 1956. The matters to which they have given particular consideration include a new edition of the anti-litter notice, which is now ready for issue, the making of appeals through the agency of the Automobile Association, Royal Automobile Club and Royal Scottish Automobile Club, all of which bodies have promised their co-operation, the provision of litter baskets at beauty spots, popular beaches, along trunk roads, &c., and the making of bye-laws by County Councils. 

The A.P.R.S. recently convened a meeting to discuss the litter problem which was attended by representatives of The Association of County Councils in Scotland, The Convention of Royal Burghs, The District Councils Association for Scotland and representatives of the Council of the A.P.R.S. The meeting, which was presided over by Commander Courtney Clarke, the Chairman of Council of the A.P.R.S., was also attended by representatives from the Department of Health for Scotland and the Scottish Education Department. After a very full discussion of the litter problem, including the question of anti-litter legislation, the provision of litter receptacles and the education of the young, the Local Authority Associations represented agreed to recommend to their respective organisations that they should encourage their constituent members to promote bye-laws to deal with litter within the confines of their existing powers and further that they should recommend the Government to introduce legislation to strengthen existing powers to deal with litter. The bodies represented also agreed to suggest to their members that litter receptacles should be provided on all lay-bys on trunk and other roads. The meeting agreed that the A.P.R.S. should discuss with the Council for Schools Broadcasting the possibility of making regular broadcasts to schools designed to make school-children more litter conscious. A number of other suggestions were made which will be duly considered by the appropriate organisations. 

Those who attended the above meeting were:- 

Association for the Preservation of Rural Scotland: 

Commander H. C. Courtney Clarke (Chairman). 

Brigadier A. H. C. Swinton. 

Mrs Mackenzie Anderson (Glasgow Tree Lovers’ Society). 

Mr Alan Stewart-Clark (National Trust for Scotland). 

Mrs Hamilton Meikle (Scottish Women’s Rural Institutes). 

Association of County Councils in Scotland: 

Rev. J. A. Fisher (President). 

Mr T. Gibb (County Clerk, East Lothian). 

Mr George Davie, O.B.E., S.S.C. (Secretary). 

Mr F. Inglis (Assistant Secretary). 

Convention of Royal Burghs: 

Councillor W. Weir Gilmour, Peebles. 

Mr Robert F. Pollock, Town Clerk, Rutherglen. 

Mr J. Gibson Kerr, W.S. (Clerk). 

District Councils’ Association for Scotland: 

Mr J. G. Weir, Broxburn. 

Scottish Education Department: 

Mr Aldridge. 

Department of Health for Scotland: 

Mr Boyd. 

Control of Advertisements.

During the year under review the Council have continued to give a great deal of their time to the consideration of this subject. 

In the Annual Report for 1955 a list was given of the Counties which have designation areas of special control of advertisements. The County of Roxburgh has submitted to the Secretary of State for Scotland an Order designating the whole of the land-ward part of the County, with the exception of certain Burghs, an area of special control. A copy of the Order was submitted to the Council, who informed the County Clerk that the promotion of the Order was welcomed and that they had no observations to offer.

The Council continued to urge the removal of the advertisements on Soutra Hill, which have been mentioned in previous Annual Reports. As repeated requests to deal with these advertisements addressed to Midlothian Council met with no response, the matter was drawn to the attention of the Ministry of Transport on the ground that five of the advertisements in question were of the reflecting variety and were considered a danger to road safety. The County Planning Officer has now been instructed to report on the advertisements with a view to action being taken as regards their removal or alteration on the grounds of amenity or danger to public safety and the Association has indicated that they are prepared to support the County Council in endeavouring to obtain the removal of these advertisements on those grounds. The A.P.R.S. is represented on the Advisory Council for the Control of Advertisements (the successor of S.C.A.P.A.) by Mrs Mackenzie Anderson and Mr T. G. D. Galbraith, M.P. Reports of the work of the A.P.R.S. in the field of advertisement control were given at meetings of this Committee held in London in April and November 1955. 

Mrs Mackenzie Anderson represented the A.P.R.S. at a Joint Conference on the Control of Outdoor Advertising held by the C.P.R.E. and the Central Council of Civic Societies in London in November 1955. 

On 9th February 1955, in the Glasgow School of Art, a symposium on the topic “Advertisement Control in Town and Country” was held under the auspices of the Glasgow Tree Lovers’ Society. This meeting is believed to be the first of its kind to be held in any large industrial centre and was attended by Planning Officers, Architects, Artists and representatives of the Bill-posting Trade and of Shopkeepers’ Associations, all of whom contributed to the discussion. The meeting was attended by the Organising Secretary representing the A.P.R.S. and he gave a brief account of the work of the Association as regards the control of outdoor advertising. 

Dunstaffnage. 

In January 1955 the attention of the Council was drawn by members to a proposal to erect a cement works adjacent to Dunstaffnage Castle, Argyll. On taking the matter up with Argyll County Council, it was ascertained that an application had been lodged with the Council, as Local Planning Authority, for permission to quarry limestone on the island of Lismore and to crush it there and to use a site at Dunstaffnage for the erection of a cement factory to process the limestone. The County Council gave their formal approval to this scheme in March 1955. After the Chairman and Mr Campbell Fraser had visited the site and the Council had gone very carefully into the whole matter, the Council came to the conclusion that the project was in the national interest and decided not to object to it in principle. It was agreed, however, to ask the County Council to keep in touch with the A.P.R.S. regarding the amenity aspect of the development, including the lay-out of a housing scheme which was in contemplation. Later, the Council ascertained that the project had been abandoned on, it was understood, economic grounds.

During their investigations the Council ascertained that the R.N. Naval Base at Dunstaffnage which was still under requisition had not apparently been used since the War, except for the two years following when part of it was used for storage purposes. The whole of the Base is steadily deteriorating and is virtually derelict. In close proximity to the actual Base there still remains the temporary hutted accommodation erected by the Admiralty during the War. These huts are now occupied by civilians and are steadily deteriorating. They are an eyesore to the neighbourhood and in full view of the main road to Oban. They have perhaps been aptly described by a South African visitor as looking like “a native location or shanty town.” A letter was accordingly sent to the Admiralty inquiring, in view of the great public interest which the cement factory project had aroused in Scotland, what their Lordships’ future policy was as regards the Naval Base and whether it could not be de-requisitioned. The Council were very pleased to receive a reply in January 1956 to the effect that their Lordships had very recently decided to terminate the requisition. The Council hope that the derelict buildings at the Naval Base will now be dismantled and the site cleared up as much as possible.

Quite apart from the factory project, Argyll County Council are to develop a housing scheme on land which they are to acquire from the Captain of Dunstaffnage. The Captain of Dunstaffnage has asked the Council for their views regarding the type of houses which it is proposed to erect and this matter is having the attention of the Council. 

Sheep Dip. 

The annual appeal to farmers and others concerned to take every possible precaution to avoid sheep dip flowing into rivers or burns was sent out in the form of a letter to some thirty-five newspapers circulating in rural Scotland. The letter contained a warning that although some dips may be marked “non-poisonous” all contain ingredients which are toxic to fish. Attention is again being drawn in the Press to the danger to fish life unless proper precautions are taken for the disposal of the contents of sheep dippers. 

River Pollution. 

(1) The position with regard to the River Purification Boards set up under the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Act, 1951, was given in the Annual Report for 1955. Since that Report was issued the Board for the Forth Area has commenced to function. Boards have been established for the Clyde and for the Dee and Don Areas but have not yet commenced to function, while Boards for the North and South Esk and for the Tay Areas have not yet been established. 

(2) The Scottish River Purification Advisory Committee, which is to be set up by the Secretary of State for Scotland under the Act, has not yet been appointed. 

(3) When the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Act, 1951, was passed it was in effect provided that, as each River Purification Board came into full operation, all the legal powers of District Fishery Boards, &c., as regards river pollution, would cease. A number of River Purification Boards have been in operation since October 1954, but they lack much of the power envisaged by the Act until they promote bye-laws and have them confirmed by the Secretary of State for Scotland. The principal bye-law contemplated by Section 25 (1) of the Act – that for prescribing standards for the purpose of determining whether matter entering a river is poisonous, noxious or polluting – cannot be made until each river area has been fully surveyed, but mean-time no bye-laws covering the dumping of litter into rivers, the siting and construction of sheep dippers, &c., have been made for any river. Consequently, it would appear that anyone can freely put litter into rivers in the areas of those River Purification Boards which are now in operation unless it can be proved that it is poisonous, noxious or polluting matter. Sheep dippers can still be capable of draining directly into streams, and there are many hundreds of these all over Scotland, mostly out of sight and out of mind. Of course, if anyone is caught in the act of draining sheep dip into a stream an offence can be proved, but many cases occur of which no one knows anything. Even the offender may not realise that all fish life for a mile or so below his dipper has been destroyed. 

In the Annual Reports for 1954 and 1955 attention was drawn to the need for making bye-laws dealing with the dumping of litter in rivers and the siting and construction of sheep dippers. The Council took this matter up with the Secretary of State for Scotland in January 1955, suggesting that the Department of Health for Scotland might prepare draft model bye-laws for the consideration and guidance of River Purification Boards to assist them in dealing with these questions. The Secretary of State and the Department, however, took the view that the River Purification Boards should be given time in which to formulate their policies in the light of the conditions prevailing in their respective areas and to decide whether they would deal with the matter by making bye-laws or by the adoption of other suitable measures. 

As no progress was being made and as practically all the Scottish Societies interested in fishing, some of them being affiliated to the A.P.R.S., had made similar representations without success, the Council resolved, in view of the unsatisfactory position, to bring these matters before the public through the medium of the Press. A letter was accordingly sent to the Press in July 1955 and was published in ‘The Times,’ The Scotsman’ and The Glasgow Herald.’ ‘The Scotsman’ also devoted a leading article to the topic. 

Certain Scottish M.P.s were taking an interest in this matter and as a result of a question asked in the House of Commons by The Honourable Patrick Maitland, M.P., in November 1955, the Secretary of State mentioned that the Tweed Board were considering the question of litter in the Tweed and that he had offered the Board guidance in the framing of suitable bye-laws. The Council were subsequently very gratified to learn that the River Tweed Purification Board are considering draft bye-laws under Section 25 (1) (b) and (d) of the Act. 

(4) The Earl of Buchan having drawn attention to the polluted state of the River Almond, a case of pollution of which the Council were well aware, the matter was taken up with the Lothians River Purification Board within whose area this river lies. The Council will continue to keep this case in view. 

Landscape Treatment of Roads. 

The roads programme announced in December 1954 by the Minister of Transport will mean, ultimately, not only the widening of existing roads into trunk roads, but later on the engineering of new major trunk roads with dual carriageways and fly-over crossings and junctions. During the process of construction and reconstruction, woodlands and individual trees will have to be felled and the face of the landscape will be left for a time bare and scarred. 

In September 1955 the A.P.R.S. and The Glasgow Tree Lovers’ Society sent a joint letter to the Press reminding the public that under Section 5 of The Trunk Roads Act of 1946 power is given to the Minister of Transport and to Local Authorities to acquire land for purposes other than the construction or improvement of roads for the purpose of preserving the amenities of the locality in which the road is situated up to a distance of 220 yards from the centre of the road. It also gives power to the Minister to make agreements with certain Councils for the carrying out of works of improvement on any land purchased under this Section, although this land does not form part of the road. 

It would seem, therefore, that in regard to these roads where the Ministry is acquiring wide verges, tree planting on landscape lines should be arranged for by the Ministry through the Local Authority concerned and such planting would be an infinitesimal item in the whole expenditure of engineering these great roads. Although it has been confirmed by the Ministry that grants can be given for planting such roads, it is understood that for the last few years very little money has been spent on planting for the decoration as distinct from the safety of trunk roads. 

In the case of the widening of existing roads, where no marginal land is being acquired by the Ministry, as, for example, in the case of the widening of the Glasgow-Stirling Road-A. 80 (the Cumbernauld road), the position is even more difficult. Private woodlands on either side of the road are already being cut down and the only hope of replanting them is if the District Council and land-owners involved will come to a settlement with the Ministry of Transport for ” accommodation works,” to take the form of replanting the lost trees, either farther back or on some more suitable site, if the owners are willing to take compensation in this form, in order to retain the beauty of the road. 

Unfortunately, not all private owners will be willing or able to do this and, in the case of farmers, they may prefer to keep open land without trees. It is understood that negotiations are going on in connection with the Cumbernauld road on these lines – much depending on the sympathy of the private land-owners. It is more than likely that the Cumbernauld road will form the main link between Glasgow and the new town of Cumbernauld, yet another reason for maintaining the amenities of this particular road. 

In April 1955 the Minister of Transport agreed, following representations from the Joint Committee on the Landscape Treatment of Roads, to set up an Advisory Committee to advise him on the landscape treatment of trunk roads. On this Committee will be represented organisations including The Council for the Preservation of Rural England, The Roads Beautifying Association, The Royal Horticultural Society, The Institute of Landscape Architects, the Motoring Organisations and certain Government Departments. As after 1st April 1956, the Highway Authority for trunk roads in Scotland will be the Secretary of State for Scotland and not the Minister of Transport, the activities of the foregoing Committee will be confined to England and Wales. The Council felt that it was desirable that a similar and parallel Committee should be available in Scotland to offer advice to the Secretary of State on questions concerning the landscape treatment of trunk roads. They accordingly have written to the Secretary of State inviting him to set up such a Committee in Scotland. The Glasgow Tree Lovers’ Society have also written to the Secretary of State in support of this proposal. 

Turnhouse By-pass.

The attention of the Council was drawn by members to a proposal for the permanent closure of a length of the Edinburgh-Linlithgow Road (A. 9) at Turnhouse Airfield, which had been temporarily closed since 1952 and for the construction of a by-pass. Inquiries were made of the County Councils of West Lothian and Midlothian, The Automobile Association and The Royal Scottish Automobile Club. A Sub-Committee of the Council was also appointed to go into the matter and they visited the area affected. The Council decided not to oppose the proposal in general or to make a formal objection, but further agreed that an approach should be made to the Ministry concerned with a view to getting the line of the proposed by-pass modified so as to protect the amenity of Car- lowrie Castle to some extent. It has recently been announced that the Secretary of State for Air has decided that it is now possible to withdraw the application for closure and he is therefore prepared to agree to the re-opening of the road, subject to traffic control during periods of take-off and landing of aircraft. The suggested by-pass may be considered later as a possible trunk road improvement. 

Proposed Pumping Station at Auchendennan.

The Scottish Youth Hostels Association having asked the Association to support them in objecting to a pumping station which Dumbarton Town Council proposed to erect on land belonging to the S.Y.H.A. at Auchendennan, Loch Lomond, the Council appointed an ad hoc Committee to look into the matter. The Committee, which was composed of Mrs Mackenzie Anderson, Mrs Hedderwick and Mr Alan Stewart-Clark, visited the site along with the Organising Secretary and a representative of the S.Y.H.A., where they met the Provost of Dumbarton and the Town Clerk. After a discussion in which the Town Clerk gave the assurance that all alternative sites had been examined and that the one chosen was the best from the technical point of view, the S.Y.H.A. subsequently intimated that they were not to maintain their opposition to the scheme, on the understanding that the area to be acquired would be reduced to a minimum and that the design of the pumping station would be modified to fit into the landscape as far as possible. It is expected that the A.P.R.S. will be consulted at a later stage about the design of the buildings. 

Hydro-Electric Development.

The sudden death in August 1955 of Mr Thomas Lawrie, C.B.E., the General Manager of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, has been a great loss to the Association and the Council would like to express their great appreciation of his personal co-operation in endeavouring to preserve amenity. Mr Lawrie was always ready to discuss and go into any matter raised by the A.P.R.S. He took a personal interest in amenity questions and nothing was too much trouble for him. The Council is extremely pleased that the new General Manager, Mr A. A. Fulton, has joined the Association as an Annual Member. 

The Council fully appreciate the work of the Board in supplying electric power to so many farms and crofts throughout the Highlands and Islands. The introduction of electricity supplies in the northern counties is of vital importance to maintaining the population and increasing the production of the main industry, agriculture. 

During the year ending March 1956 the Board brought into operation generating machinery at seven hydro-electric stations – Clachan (Shira), Torr Achilty (Conon Valley), Errochty (Tummel- Garry), Quoich and Invergarry (Garry), Finlarig (Lawers), and Mullardoch Tunnel (Affric). In all these cases regard has been paid to amenity in the design and siting of the stations. The Clachan station is underground and there is no pipeline at this station. The Torr Achilty station is built of Tain stone and here the soil has been replaced and grass sown as part of the “tidying up” process. The Errochty station on the north-western shore of Loch Tummel is built in a rock cutting and is faced with stone excavated from the tunnel. The Quoich and Invergarry stations are also of local stone, and at the tailrace of the Invergarry station, which discharges into Loch Oich, the Board have been particularly successful in preventing the felling of trees during the building operations. The Finlarig station on Loch Tayside is faced with a pleasant stone from Aberfoyle, while the seventh station, situated in the tunnel between Loch Mullardoch and Loch Benevean, is entirely underground. 

The Council have continued to pay attention to the screening of sub-stations and have received an assurance from the Board that they are continuing their policy of planting trees and shrubs wherever possible to screen new switching stations and sub-stations. The Board have carried out planting at their switching stations at Kepculloch (Stirlingshire), Tummel Bridge, Killin and Abernethy (Perthshire), Balblair, near Beauly (Inverness-shire), and Milton of Craigie, near Dundee, and more planting will be done at other sites this year. In addition, trees have been planted round the pre-war transformer station near Lix Toll and, in spite of the exposed position, the young trees are doing well. 

National Parks in Scotland.

The A.P.R.S. was represented by an observer without powers at a Special Meeting of the Scottish Council for National Parks held in February 1956 to discuss the future of that Council, in particular whether it should be wound up or whether it should continue in being in order to press for the establishment of National Parks in Scotland. The meeting decided that the National Parks Council should be continued, that it should press for early legislation for the establishment of National Parks in Scotland and that, meantime, with the co- operation of all competent bodies and land-owners, such features of National Parks as might be established without special legislation should be established at the instigation of the Council as a voluntary body. The Council of the A.P.R.S. have subsequently considered whether they should renew their support of the National Parks Council, but, owing to a very marked divergence of opinion, a decision has so far not been reached. Meanwhile, the A.P.R.S. will be represented by an observer at any future meetings of the National Parks Council. 

Miscellaneous.

 Other matters which have engaged or are still engaging the attention of the Council during the period of this Report include: Rubbish Dumps, Service Lands Requirements, Traprain Law, Open-cast Coal-mining, Bannockburn Memorial, &c. 

Finance. 

There is appended hereto an Abstract of the Accounts for the year to 31st December 1955. 

The Accounts disclose an excess of receipts over expenditure during the year amounting to £86, 7s. 3d., which compares favourably with the previous year. In accordance with the recommendation of the Council 5 per cent has again been transferred from the Life Membership Fund to Revenue. During the year £298, 9s. 6d. was invested in the purchase of £310 4 per cent Consolidated Stock. 

The apparent decrease in the total subscriptions for the year is due to the fact that 30 subscriptions due by Ordinary and Associate Members had not been paid by the end of the year. Since then 14 subscriptions for 1955 have been paid, representing a total of £13, 12s. and leaving 12 Annual and 4 Associate subscriptions outstanding. Members are specially asked to ensure that payment of subscriptions is made in time for inclusion in the Accounts for the year in which the subscriptions fell due. It would be welcomed if more use was made of Banker’s Orders. 

The Council were very sorry to learn from Mr Alexander Harrison, C.A., that, for reasons of health, he would not be able to undertake the audit of the Accounts in future. Mr Harrison has audited the Accounts in an honorary capacity for many years and the Council wish to take this opportunity of warmly thanking him for his services. In place of Mr Harrison the Council have appointed Mr Angus MacBeath, Chartered Accountant, Edinburgh, as Auditor of the Association’s Accounts. 

The Council have gratefully acknowledged donations received from the following:

The following subscriptions were paid by Constituent Bodies for the year 1955:- 

Affiliated Societies: 

Chairman’s Remarks.

Lists of the different classes of members are appended to this year’s Annual Report for the first time since 1939. In compiling the list of Life Members it has been difficult to ensure complete accuracy and where any mistakes occur apologies are offered. Any corrections for the membership lists should be forwarded to the Organising Secretary. 

This year I would like to make special mention of the debt of gratitude we owe to the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland and to thank their President and Council for their very real and practical support of the A.P.R.S. Not only are the Annual General Meeting and the meetings of the Council and various Committees held in the R.I.A.S. premises at 15 Rutland Square, Edinburgh, but we also enjoy office facilities there, as the Secretary and Treasurer of the R.I.A.S. is also our Organising Secretary. The work of the Association is increasing, and on behalf of the Council I would like to express our appreciation of the very considerable time and energy which the Organising Secretary and his own staff continue to devote to the affairs of the A.P.R.S. 

H. C. COURTNEY CLARKE, 

Chairman of Council. 

THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF RURAL SCOTLAND 

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS For the year to 31st December 1955 

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I have examined the books and accounts of the Association for the Preservation of Rural Scotland, and certify that the above Balance Sheet gives a true and correct view of the state of the Association’s affairs as shown by the books as at 31st December 1955. 

ANGUS MACBEATH, C.A. 

5 COATES CRESCENT, 

EDINBURGH, 3. 

23rd March 1956. 

LIST OF MEMBERS 

Note.-As far as possible the year of joining is shown. “1939 ” indicated that the member joined between 1926 and 1939. Where no year is given the member is understood to have joined between 1939 and 1951. 

1. LIFE MEMBERS 

1939 Allan, Mrs A. M., 1 Gt. Stuart Street, Edinburgh. 

1944 Allen, F. D. Campbell, Faunoran, Crathie, Aberdeenshire. 

1956 Ancaster, The Rt. Hon. The Earl of, T.D., Drummond Castle, Crieff 

1939 Anderson, A. R., 8 Park Terrace, Glasgow, C.3. 

1939 Anderson, Mrs Mackenzie, 69 Southpark Avenue, Glasgow, W.2. 

1939 Arbuckle, H. M. I. S., 1 Murrayfield Gardens, Edinburgh. 

1944 Arthur, Allan, M.I.C.E., M.I.E.E., 107 Douglas Street, Glasgow, C.2. 

Barr, Miss N. C., 11 Princes Terrace, Glasgow, W.2. 

1945 Bartholomew, John, M.C., M.A., F.R.G.S., Manor House, Inveresk. 

1944 Batten, H. Mortimer, F.Z.S., Harlington, Skipton, Yorkshire. 

1939 Bell, E. S., F.R.I.B.A., F.R.I.A.S., Cranstonhill, Stirling. 

1939 Bilsland, The Rt. Hon. Lord, K.T., M.C., LL.D., D.L., Hon. A.R.I.B.A., 75 Hyde Park Street, Glasgow, C.3. 

1944 Bird, C. K., 30 Esmond Court, Kensington Square, London, W.8. 1939 Blackie, W. G., Auchengower, Helensburgh. 

1939 Blackie, Mrs W. W., Moraig, Helensburgh. 

1939 Blair, J. D., 16 Merchiston Place, Edinburgh. 

1944 Brown, Rev. A. G., The Rectory, South Luffenham, Oakham. 

1939 Buccleuch, His Grace The Duke of, K.T., G.C.V.O., P.C., Bowhill, Selkirk. 

Buchanan, Captain E. P., Touch, Stirling. 

1939 Bute, The Most Hon. The Marquess of, The New Club, Edinburgh. 

Butter, Colonel C. A., Cluniemore, Pitlochry. 

1939 Campbell, Sir George, Bt., of Succoth, Crarae Lodge, Minard, Argyll. 

1939 Campbell, Colonel The Hon. Ian, D.S.O., Auchindoune, Cawdor, Nairn. 

1939 Carnegie, Mrs M. B., Carphin, Cupar, Fife. 

1944 Carruthers, Simon F., F.L.A.S., Dormont, Lockerbie. 

1939 Carus-Wilson, C. D., F.R.I.B.A., The Cottage, Hardwick, Gloucester. 

1939 Chinnery-Haldane, Alex., Gleneagles, Auchterarder. 

Chrystal, Miss I. S., Bloomhill, Cardross. 

1939 Cooper, Captain George, Merdon Manor, Hursley, Winchester. 

1939 Courthope, Miss E. J., c/o Messrs Williams Deacon’s Bank, 20 Birchin Lane, London, E.C.3. 

1939 Courthope, R., Sprivers, Horsmorden, Kent. 

1939 Cowan, Major A. S., Eastfield, Bowden, Melrose. 

1939 Cowan, Mrs Allister, Eastfield, Bowden, Melrose. 

1956 Craigmyle, The Rt. Hon. Lord, Fairnilee House, Galashiels. 

1956 Craigmyle, Lady, Fairnilee House, Galashiels. 

1939 Crawford, Colonel Ewing, D.L., Auchentroig, Stirling. 

1946 Dalrymple, Sir Mark, Bt., Newhailes, Musselburgh, Midlothian. 

1939 Douglas, E., 1 Dundas Street, Edinburgh. 

1939 Dunbar-Brander, A. A., O.B.E., Ivy Bank, Bishopmill, Elgin. 

1939 Dundas, R. H., Christ Church, Oxford. 

1944 Dunlop, Miss, Huntfield, Biggar. 

1955 Edge, Dr W. L., Mathematical Institute, Chambers Street, Edinburgh. 

1953 Elliot, Mrs Jock, Borthaugh, Hawick. 

1946 Errington, Mrs E. H., Beeslack, Milton Bridge, Midlothian. 

1945 Ferguson, James A., Over Courance, by Lockerbie. 1939 Ferguson, Mrs Janet, Burrance of Courance, by Lockerbie. 

1939 Ferguson, W. F., The Knowe, Bearsden, Dunbartonshire. 

1944 Ferris, William, 159 West Nile Street, Glasgow, C.1. 

1939 Fletcher, Ian, Dunans, Glendaruel, Argyll. 

1945 Forbes-Howie, Arthur G., 72 Netherby Road, Edinburgh 5. 

Forman, Rev. A., Duncrieff, Moffat. 

1944 Foster, William R. B., Lexham Hall, King’s Lynn, Norfolk. 

Fraser, Charles I., Reelig House, Kirkhill, Inverness-shire. 

1939 Furness, Sir Christopher, Bt., Netherbyres, Ayton. 

1939 Fyfe, H. H., 21 West George Street, Glasgow. 

1944 Galloway, The Rt. Hon. The Earl of, Cumloden, Newton-Stewart. 

1939 Gardner, Arthur, F.S.A., Oakhurst, Mount Park, Harrow-on-the-Hill. 

1939 Gibb, Sir Alexander, G.B.E., K.B.E., C.B., Queen Anne’s Lodge, Westminster, S.W.1. 

1944 Glass, W. M., 38 Drummond Place, Edinburgh 3. 

Graham, Miss E. A., The Croft, Hoylake, Cheshire. 

1939 Graham, Miss M. A., The Croft, Hoylake, Cheshire. 

1939 Grant, I. M., Levishie Lodge, Glenormiston. 

Gray, Mrs C., Craigie Cottage, Port of Menteith. 

1939 Greig, R. C., Cloak, Kilmacolm, Renfrew. 

1939 Haddington, The Rt. Hon. The Earl of, K.T., M.C., Mellerstain, Gordon, Berwickshire. 

Haig, The Rt. Hon. The Earl, Bemersyde, Melrose. 

1947 Hamilton, Mrs Ian, Lowood, Melrose. 

1945 Harper-Gow, L., 8 Gordon Street, Glasgow. 

1954 Hardy, Captain E. W., R.N., Balnashoile, Gullane. 

1939 Harrison, Alex., C.B.E., C.A., 15 Alva Street, Edinburgh 3. 

1939 Harrison, E. S., The Bield, Elgin. 

1939 Harrison, John, Levenlea, Selkirk. 

1939 Harvey, Sir Charles M. Barclay, K.C.M.G., Dinnet. 

1939 Hay, Sir Duncan, Bt., Haystoun, Peebles. 

1945 Hedderwick, Mrs R. M., 44 Coates Gardens, Edinburgh 12. 

1947 Holmes, Walter, Holmfield, Ringley Road, Whitefield, Manchester. 

1939 Home-Robertson, J. W., Paxton House, Berwick-on-Tweed. 

1939 Hope, The Hon. Lady, Donoughmore, North Berwick. 

1939 Hopkins, Major Frank B., Easter Ogil, by Forfar, Angus. 

1944 Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. M., Titness Farm, Sunningdale, Berkshire. 

1939 Howden, W. A., Clippens House, Johnstone, Renfrewshire. 

1944 Hutchison, Miss H., Carlowrie, Kirkliston. 

1944 Hutchison, Mrs Isobel Wylie, Carlowrie, Kirkliston. 

1939 Hyde, James H., 18 Rue Adolphe Yvon, Paris. 

1945 Innes, Gilbert, Gartaneaglais, Killearn, Stirlingshire. 

1939 Kemble, Captain, M.V.O., Laggan, Scaniport, near Inverness. 

1939 Kennedy, Miss E. M., 38 Cluny Gardens, Edinburgh 10. 

1939 Kennedy, Miss M., 39 Cluny Gardens, Edinburgh 10. 

1939 Kennedy, T. W., Blackwood, Auldgirth, Dumfriesshire. 

1939 Kennedy, Mrs T. W., Blackwood, Auldgirth, Dumfriesshire. 

1939 Keswick, Mrs F., Cowshill Tower, Dumfries. 

Kidston, Miss A., 12 Howard Place, St Andrews. 

1953 Kidston, Miss M. H., 12 Howard Place, St Andrews. 

1939 Landale, S. E. A., Whitechester, Duns, Berwickshire. 

1946 Leckie, Alexander, 93 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, London. 

1939 Leith-Buchanan, Sir George, Bt., Garlochraggan, Alexandria, Dunbartonshire. 

1939 Loch, Mrs J. C., House of Narrow Gates, St Boswells. 

1952 Low, J. Campbell, Craigard, East Newport, Fife. 

1952 McArthur, D. J., 39 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh. 

1939 MacDougall, Leslie Grahame, R.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., 6 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh. 

1939 MacGregor, Miss A. R., M.B., F.R.C.P.E., A’Cromraich, Silverburn, Penicuik. 

1939 Mackenzie, Sir E. W. Compton, O.B.E., 31 Drummond Place, Edinburgh. 

1939 Mackenzie, G. B., Le Vilaron, Callian, Var, France. 

1939 Mackintosh, C. C., Little Orchard, Buckland, Lymington, Hants. 

1939 Mackintosh, H. B., M.B.E., F.S.A., Redhythe, Elgin. 

1939 Macleod of Macleod, Mrs Flora, Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye. 

1945 Mann, Major A. R. H., c/o Lloyds Bank Ltd., 21 Station Avenue, Caterham, Surrey. 

1956 Martin, Colin D., Friarshall, Melrose. 

1939 Martin, Mrs Donald, Friarshall, Melrose. 

1939 Maxwell, Sir John Stirling, Bt., K.T., Pollok House, Glasgow. 

Melville, Lieut.-Colonel The Hon. I. Leslie, Bridgelands, Selkirk. 

1939 Molteno, D. J., Glen Lyon House, Fortingall. 

1944 Moncrieffe, Captain Sir David, Bt., Bridge of Earn, Perthshire. 

1939 Morison, James, c/o Messrs J. & R. Morison, 4 Blackfriars Street, Perth. 

1939 Muir, Sir A. Kay, Blairdrummond, Perthshire. 

1939 Murray, Miss E. G., Moore Park, Cardross, Dunbartonshire. 

1939 Murray, Miss S. W., Moore Park, Cardross, Dunbartonshire. 

1939 Murray-Usher, Mrs, Cally, Gatehouse-of-Fleet. 

1939 Nicholson, Miss Astley, Arisaig House, Arisaig. 

1944 Ogilvy, Sir D. J. W., Bt., Winton House, Pencaitland, East Lothian. 

1939 Orphoot, B. N. H., R.S.A., Well House, Easter Belmont, Edinburgh 12. 

1939 Orphoot, Miss E., Well House, Easter Belmont, Edinburgh 12. 

1944 Pitman, Hugo, 43 Bishopsgate, London, E.C.2. 

1939 Potter, Bernard, 17 Portland Place, London, W.1. 

1944 Ramsay, Sir Douglas, Bt., of Bamff, 30 Ann Street, Edinburgh. 

1939 Ramsden, Sir John Frecheville, Bt., Ardverikie, Kingussie. 

1944 Reed, James, B.Sc., M.I.C.E., 135 George Street, Edinburgh 2. 

1939 Richardson, Francis, Blairforkie, Bridge of Allan. 

1939 Rose, Miss E., Cromraich, Silverburn, Penicuik. 

Rowallan, The Rt. Hon. Lord, M.C., Rowallan, Kilmarnock. 

1939 Russell, A. W., W.S., 12 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh. 

1939 Russell, Sir David, LL.D., Rothes, Markinch, Fife. 

1939 Russell, G. H., The Burn, Glenesk, Brechin. 

1939 Salvesen, Captain H. K., Inveralmond, Cramond, Midlothian. 

1939 Salvesen, Noel G., B.A., 20 Grosvenor Crescent, Edinburgh 12. 

1939 Scott, Mrs, Balfunning, Balfron. 

1939 Shepherd, Miss Nan, Dunvegan, West Cults, Aberdeenshire. 

1939 Simpson, James, Glencarse House, Glencarse, Perth. 

1939 Simpson, R. A. C., Wellnage, Duns, Berwickshire. 

1939 Sinclair, The Rt. Hon. Lord, Milton Park, Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire. 

1939 Smith, Miss A., Addistoun, Ratho, Midlothian. 

Smith, Mrs A., Whitecraigs, Renfrewshire. 

1939 Speirs, A. A. Haggart, of Elderslie, Houston House, Houston, Renfrewshire. 

1944 Steen, Miss Jessie, Straith, Milverton Road, Whitecraigs. 

1939 Stewart, Mrs A. E., Glengarden, near Ballater. 

1947 Stewart, Mrs T. Grainger-, 1 Easter Belmont Road, Edinburgh 12. 

1953 Stewart-Clark, Miss E. M., 18 Lauder Road, Edinburgh. 

1944 Stewart-Clark, Alan, 18 Lauder Road, Edinburgh. 

1953 Stewart-Clark, J. C., 18 Lauder Road, Edinburgh. 

1947 Stirling, Major John, D.S.O., Fairburn, Muir-of-Ord, Ross-shire. 

1939 Stodart, Charles, Leaston House, Humbie. 

1939 Strang-Steel, Sir Samuel, Bt., Philiphaugh, Selkirk. 

Stuart, W. J., F.R.C.S.E., 9 Chester Street, Edinburgh. 

1939 Swinton, Mrs, Swinton House, Duns. 

1939 Swinton, Rev. A. E., Swinton House, Duns. 

1953 Swinton, Brigadier Alan H. C., M.C., Kimmerghame, Duns. 

1939 Thomson, Miss B. L., Glenpark, Balerno. 

1939 Thomson, Sir Ronald J., Kaimes, West Linton. 1939 Thomson, Miss S. W., Glenpark, Balerno. 

1939 Vlasto, Miss O., 1 Dundas Street, Edinburgh 3. 

1939 Wallace, H. Frank, Little Wyrley Hall, Pelsall. 

1939 Walker, William, A.R.E., Marchlea House, Coldstream. 

1939 Walker, Mrs Wm., Marchlea House, Coldstream. 

1939 Wallace, Captain P., 50 Pall Mall, London. 

1953 Walmesley, Major Alan, M.C., Culderry, Garlieston, Wigtownshire. 

1939 Watson, Archibald, 9 Cleveden Drive, Glasgow, W.C. 

1953 Watson, The Hon. David J., Q.C., 45 Northumberland Street, Edinburgh. 

1939 Watson, John H., Grangehill, Beith, Ayrshire. 

1939 Weir of Eastwood, The Rt. Hon Viscount, P.C., G.C.B., Eastwood Park, Giffnock, Glasgow. 

1939 Wilkie, Major A. H., Corrie Lair Lodge, Glenormiston. 

Wilson, Professor C. T. R., M.A., B.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S., 196 Grange Loan, Edinburgh 9. 

1939 Wilson, Sir James R., Invertrossachs, Callander. 

1945 Wood, W. Quarry, Surgeon, 25 Heriot Row, Edinburgh. 

1939 Yorke, Maurice, West Court, King’s Road, Longniddry. 

1939 Yuille, James, 27 Wellington Street, Kilmarnock. 

2. ANNUAL MEMBERS 

1952 Alexander, Miss E. K., Red House, Bridge of Allan. 

1939 Allan, Miss Janie, Invergloy House, Invergloy, Inverness-shire. 

1953 Anderson, Miss Mackenzie, 69 Southpark Avenue, Glasgow, W.2. 

1952 Anderson, Miss Nance, Inistore, Helensburgh. 

1939 Anderson, The Misses, 25 Hillhead Street, Glasgow. 

1946 Bisacre, Mrs, Kilmory, Helensburgh. 

1939 Blair, Sir J. Hunter, Blairquhan, Maybole, Ayrshire. 

1947 Breadalbane, The Rt. Hon. The Earl of, Invereil House, Dirleton. 

1954 Brown, Adam G., 4 Blythswood Street, Glasgow. 

1939 Brown, J. H., Craignahullie, Skelmorlie. 

1939 Brown, S. H., Tayhill, Perth. 

1939 Burnett, Dr T. R., Airdmhoire, Kirkton, Dumfries. 

1953 Calder, Mrs John, Ardargie, Forgandenny, Perthshire. 

Cameron, W. W., C.A., 1 Albyn Place, Edinburgh. 

1953 Cassett, E. M. S., Gledswing, Fenwick Park, Hawick. 

1939 Clarke, Commander H. C. Courtney, D.S.O., R.N., Clint Lodge, St Boswells. 

1953 Clarke, Mrs E. L. C. Courtney, Clint Lodge, St Boswells. 

1939 Cooper, J. R., 12 Bon-Accord Square, Aberdeen. 

1939 Cowan, Miss G., 41 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh. 

1939 Cownie, C. B., 22 Cluny Drive, Edinburgh. 

1939 Cox, Major T. H. C., Wooden, Kelso. 

1953 Craigmyle, Margaret, Lady, Fairnilee, Galashiels. 

1947 Davy, Mrs L. M., Spean Lodge, Spean Bridge, Inverness-shire. 

1953 Dawson, Mrs Ramage, Balado House, Kinross. 

1939 Debenham, Miss M. B., Manor House, Glanvilles, Wootten, Sherborne, Dorset. 

Dickson, Miss A. M., Woodhouse, Dunscore, Dumfriesshire. 

1939 Donaldson, Miss M. E., Auchinedin, Blanefield. 

Douglas, Mrs, 1 Dundas Street, Edinburgh 3. 

Dunlop, Miss M. C., c/o Royal Bank of Scotland, St Andrew Square, Edinburgh. 

1956 The Captain of Dunstaffnage, Connel, Argyll. 

1956 Eglinton and Winton, The Dowager Countess of, Oxenfoord Castle, Ford, Midlothian. 

1952 Elibank, The Rt. Hon. The Viscount, C.M.G., D.S.O., 602 Carrington House, Hertford Street, London, W.1. 

1954 Elliot, Mrs Marthe R., Broughton Place, Broughton, Peeblesshire. 

Elliot, Mrs Walter, C.B.E., Bonchester Bridge, Hawick. 

1954 Fairfax-Lucy, Lady Ramsay, St Boswell’s Bank, St Boswells. 

1939 Forbes, Hector, of Culloden, Ryefield, Conon Bridge. 

1954 Fergusson, Sir James, of Kilkerran, Bt., New Club, Edinburgh. 

1947 Forman, Lieut.-Colonel A. N., M.C., R.A., Farmston House, by Callander. 

1953 Fraser, A. Campbell, Borthwickshiels, Hawick. 

1956 Fraser, Mrs Campbell, Borthwickshiels, Hawick. 

1956 Fulton, A. A., F.R.S.E., B.Sc., M.I.C.E., M.I.Mech.E., 16 Rothesay Terrace, Edinburgh. 

Gatcliff, Herbert, 28 Meadway Court, Hampstead Gardens, London, N.W.11. 

1954 Galbraith, The Hon. T. G. D., M.P., Barskimming, Ayrshire. 

Gibson, Mrs H. M., 17 Belgrave Crescent, Edinburgh. 

Glasgow, The Rt. Hon. The Earl of, Kilburn, Fairlie, Ayrshire. 

1947 Govan, H. A. Rendel, A.R.I.B.A., 46 Northumberland Street, Edinburgh. 

1954 Graham, T., 45 Castle Stree., Edinburgh. 

1939 Graham, Lieut.-Colonel T. W. S., D.L., J.P., Rednock House, Port of Menteith. 

1939 Graham, Mrs W., 52 Old High Street, Kirkcudbright. 

1939 Grant, J. A. W., F.R.I.A.S., 36 Melville Street, Edinburgh. 

Gray, Stewart, Yonder, Sandhurst, Camberley. 

Haldane, H. W., C.A., 58 Fountainhall Road, Edinburgh. 

1939 Hamilton, Mrs J. Whitelaw, The Grange, Helensburgh. 

1954 Hamilton-Meikle, Mrs, O.B.E., Brankstone House, Bogside Station, Alloa. 

1939 Harrison, Mrs B. A., Levenlea, Selkirk. 

1953 Henderson, Mrs G. F., Leaderville, Earlston, Berwickshire. 

1939 Hendry, Mrs A. K., Geilston House, Cardross. 

1956 Home, Captain R. G., Bassendean, Gordon, Berwickshire. 

Hopton, J. C. H., A.C.A., Rothesay Chambers, 102 Bute Street, Cardiff. 

Howden, Mrs Eva, Clippens House, Johnstone. 

1953 Hubbard, Harry, F.R.I.A.S., Preston Villa, Wemyssfield, Kirkcaldy. 

Huntsman, Miss Joan, West Retford Hall, Retford. 

1956 Jardine, Mrs Agnes, 2 Strathearn Road, Edinburgh. 

1939 Jeffrey, Miss J., Glenairthrey, Upper Glen Road, Bridge of Allan. 

1939 Jeffrey, Mrs R., The Lea, Bridge of Allan. 

1939 Johnstone, J., 3 Glenfinlas Street, Edinburgh. 

Keith, The Rt. Hon. Lord, of Avondale, 32 India Street, Edinburgh. 

1954 Kennedy, Mrs Norman, O.B.E., Doonholm, Ayr. 

1939 King, R. B., Arntomy, Port of Menteith. 

1953 Kirkwood, Mrs E. M. D., Glenview, Innellan, Argyll. 

1954 Knowles, G. J., Loanhead House, Kirkliston. 

1955 Lauderdale, The Dowager Countess of, Thirlestane Castle, Lauder. 

Lees, Miss Marjory, Glenmoidart House, Kinlochmoidart, Fort William. 

1939 Liston-Foulis, G., 6 Drumsheugh Place, Edinburgh. 

1954 Logan, Miss, Kinellan Road, Edinburgh. 

1940 Lothian, The Most Hon. The Marquess of, Monteviot, Ancrum, per J. B. Aikman. 

1956 Low, Miss Katherine M., Callander Cottage, Callander. 

1939 Lownie, J. H. W., 6 Polwarth Grove, Edinburgh. 

1939 McDonald, D. S., W.S., 1 Hill Street, Edinburgh. 

1939 McKay, J. R., R.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., 8 Albyn Place, Edinburgh. 

1948 Mackenzie, A. G. R., A.R.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., Bourtrie House, Inverurie. 

Mackenzie, Miss J. D., Lanercost, Saffron Road, Eastbourne, Sussex. 

1953 Mackenzie, Sir James Moir, K.C.B., C.M.G., St Ronans, Selsay, Sussex. 

1939 Mackinlay, Mrs Ian, Aithernie, Barnton Avenue, Edinburgh 4. 

Maclagan, Miss A., New Hall, Carlops, Penicuik. 

1947 MacVicar, Neil, W.S., 9 Belgrave Crescent, Edinburgh. 

1953 Masson, Lady, 17 Bright’s Crescent, Edinburgh. 

1939 Mavor, Miss J. B., Skelmorlie House, Skelmorlie, Ayrshire. 

1939 Maze, Mrs Paul, Ach-na-cloich Cottage, Connel, Argyll. 

1939 Mears, Lady, 9 Lonsdale Terrace, Edinburgh. 

1939 Mitchell, Miss E. B., Langlees, Biggar. 

Moncur, Miss B. G., Somerville House, Broughty Ferry. 

Muirhead, Miss S. S. F., Woodhall Cottage, 55 Woodhall Road, Edinburgh 13. 

1953 Murray-Threipland, Mrs C. E. W., Royal Bank of Scotland, London. 

1939 Nelson, T. E., of Ach-na-cloich, Connel, Argyll. 

1939 Nisbet, A. C. T., Caledonian United Services Club, Edinburgh. 

Noble, John, of Ardkinglas, Argyll. 

1939 Orr-Ewing, Sir Norman A., Cardross, Port of Menteith, Stirling. 

1939 Orr, Dr Ellen B., 64 Kelvingrove Street, Glasgow, C.3. 

Oswald, Major R. A., of Cavens, Dumfries. 

1956 Playfair, Provost J. M., Elie. 

1956 Playfair, Mrs Marjory, Liberty, Elie. 

Pocock, Maurice, 9 Link’s Road, Kemp’s Eye, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. 

Polwarth, The Rt. Hon. Lord, 3 Albyn Place, Edinburgh. 

1955 Ranken, Mrs Marion, 3 Campden Hill Square, London, W.8. 

1939 Rankin, Mrs T., 2 Glencairn Crescent, Edinburgh, 

Riddick, Miss, 5 Castle Street, Fortrose, Ross-shire. 

1939 Roberts, Sir J., Wellwood, Selkirk. 

1939 Robertson, Rev. A. E., 17 Cluny Gardens, Edinburgh 10. 

Robertson, Mrs A. E., 17 Cluny Gardens, Edinburgh 10. 

1954 Robertson, Miss J. E., Cawderstones, Berwick-on-Tweed. 

1953 Rogers, F. C., L.D.S., F.R.P.S., 57 Manor Place, Edinburgh. 

Romanes, Miss, 6B St Margaret’s Road, Edinburgh. 

1952 Ross, Mrs Elsa, 37 Craigmillar Park, Edinburgh. 

1939 Sanderson, J. Martin, Linthill, Melrose. 

1954 Scott, A. D. A., The Hermitage, Jedburgh. 

1953 Sharpe, Mrs Gladys, The Park, Earlston, Berwickshire. 

Slocombe, Miss M. K., Lanercost, Saffron Road, Eastbourne. 

Smith, Mrs John, Woodhill, 25 The Loaning, Whitecraigs, Renfrewshire. 

1948 Smith, Miss Janet, Addiston, Ratho. 

1953 Smith, Colonel W. Mackenzie, D.S.O., T.D., LL.D., Barnes Hall, Grenoside, Sheffield. 

1939 Smith, Sir W. Wright, Inverleith House, Edinburgh. 

1952 Still, Mrs Jane D., 23 Fonthill Terrace, Aberdeen. 

1939 Stirling, The Hon. Mrs, of Morar Lodge, Morar, Inverness-shire. 

1939 Thomson, Mrs E. G., Callands, West Linton, Peeblesshire. 

1939 Thomson, G. C., Q.C., Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada. 

1939 Thomson, H. M., 30 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh. 

1956 Trevelyan, Lady, Wallington, Cambo, Morpeth, Northumberland. 

Walker, Alex., 424 Great Western Road, Aberdeen. 

1953 Walker, James, Devongrove, Dollar. 

1953 Watherston, Mrs C. M., Menslaws, Jedburgh. 

1939 Wilson, R., F.R.I.A.S., Vicar Street, Falkirk. 

1956 Young, Miss V. C., Castle Hill, Dalbeattie. 

1956 Younger, Colonel R. D., Inchdura House, North Berwick. 

3. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 

Brown, Miss C. M., Mackenzie Robinson Hotel, Drumsheugh Gardens,Edinburgh. 

1939 Bryson, A. G., C.A., 7 Forres Street, Edinburgh. 

Buckingham, G. N. W., 61 Frederick Road, Aston, Birmingham. 

1953 Curle, F. R. N., W.S., Melrose, Roxburghshire. 

1939 Dick, Sir Wm. Reid, 31 Grove End Road, London. 

1939 Fraser, W. H., W.S., 16 Castle Street, Edinburgh. 

1939 Gardiner, James, 31 Balerholm Road, Paisley. 

1939 Geddes, Miss L. B., 12 Moray Place, Edinburgh. 

1939 Greig, Lady Maud, Shaws, Barnton, Midlothian. 

1939 Hardie, Alan S., 26 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh. 

1954 Knowles, Mrs G. J., Loanhead House, Kirkliston. 

1955 Macdonald, Mrs David, 8 West Bay, North Berwick. 

1939 Macpherson, Sir Hugh, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., 171 Mayfield Road, Edinburgh. 

1955 Macniven, Dr Angus, Royal Glasgow Mental Hospital, 1055 Great Western Road, Glasgow. 

1939 Moffat, D. L., Ashgrove, 6 Calder Drive, Cambuslang. 

1953 Oliver, Mrs Anne, Lochside, Kelso. 

1953 Oliver, Mrs T. L. A., Lochside, Kelso. 

Parker, Mrs W. W., The Gondola, Fairlie, Ayrshire. 

1939 Rutherford, Miss B., 13 Queensberry Houses, Friars’ Lane, Richmond,. Surrey. 

Somervail, Miss M., Hoselaw, Kelso. 

Stirling of Garden, Mrs Archibald, Sandyholes, Kippen Station. 

Wallace, Miss Margaret I. R., Old South Hill Avenue, Harrow, Middlesex. 

1939 Wildrige, Mrs C., 1 Garscube Terrace, Edinburgh. 

1939 Wimberley, Miss H. I. C., Willow Cottage, Inverness. 

1939 Young, Miss G. D., 66 Oakfield Avenue, Glasgow. 

1939 Young, Miss K. F., Little Raith, Broughton, by Biggar. 

Younger, Miss G. M., Grianach, Nethy Bridge, Invernessshire.