VII. Mid and East Lothians and Borders-17 Clubs: 2 Members. 264 Prestonpans Jolly Beggars. 339 Wallyford Jolly Beggars. 267 Prestonpans Mystic. 259 Bonnyrigg. 346 Oakbank Mossgiel. 364 Mid-Calder Tam o' Shanter. 319 Fisherrow Masonic. Secretary: John Haldane, 4 Sixth Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian. VIII. West Lothian-9 Clubs: 1 Member. 94 Uphall Tam o' Shanter. 279 Broxburn Jolly Beggars. 125 Blackburn-on-Almond. 106 Broxburn Rosebery. 160 Whitburn. 257 Armadale Star. 343 Queensferry. 258 Armadale Buck's Head. Secretary: William Thomson, Annocht, Simpson Crescent, Bathgate. IX. Renfrewshire-11 Clubs: 1 Member. Secretary: Alexander Robertson, 29 Nicolson Street, Greenock. X. Stirling and Clackmannan Shires-9 Clubs: 1 Member. 50 Stirling. 126 Falkirk. 155 East Stirlingshire. 218 Bannockburn. 312 Kilsyth Masonic. 37 Dollar. 347 Dennyloanhead and District. 352 Grangemouth. 292 Grahamston. Secretary: Alex. Dun, 37 Murray Place, Stirling. No. XI. Northern Scottish Counties-11 Clubs: 1 Member. 5 Callander. 40 Aberdeen. 42 Crieff. 336 Peterhead. 14 Dundee. 76 Brechin. 327 Perth St. Mark's. 360 Lochee. 367 Dornoch. 374 Broughty Castle. 242 Montrose. Secretary: Alex. B. Garden, 36 Union Terrace, Aberdeen. XII. Southern Scottish Counties-7 Clubs: 1 Member. 323 Kirkcudbright. 112 Dumfries Howff. 226 Dumfries. 309 Annan. 342 Thornhill. 361 Maxwelltown. 318 Dumfries Queensberry. Secretary: John McBurnie, Sheriff-Court House, Dumfries. XIII. London-1 Club: 1 Member. 1 Burns Club of London. Secretary: J. A. Brown, 11 The Drive, Ilford, London. XIV. North-Eastern England-11 Clubs: 1 Member. 224 Ashington. 270 Coquetdale. 158 Darlington. 163 Gateshead. 156 Newcastle. 89 Sunderland. 159 Walker-on-Tyne. 195 Shiremoor. Secretary: Matthew Neilson, 14 East Whickham Street, Sunderland. XV. North-Western England-5 Clubs: 1 Member. 18 Liverpool (B.C.) 366 Liverpool (R.B.C.) 281 Vickerstown. 236 Whitehaven. 363 Barrow, St. Andrew's Soc. Secretary: W. J. S. Archer, 6 Devonshire Road, Princes Park, Liverpool. XVI. Midlands of England-7 Clubs: 1 Member. Secretary T. H. Wilson, 12 Chatsworth Street, Derby. L Secretary Geo. P. Findlay, Boating Club Lane, Londonderry, N. Ireland. XIX. South Africa-1 Club: 1 Member. 373 Red Hill, Natal. XX. Australia-2 Clubs: 1 Member. 261 Sydney. XXI. Canada-6 Clubs: 1 Member. 298 Nanaimo (B.C.) 305 New Waterford (N.S.) 325 Vancouver Fellowship (B.C.) 344 Ladysmith (B.C.) 303 Victoria (B.C.) 353 St. Catharines (Ont.) Secretary: James H. Baxter, 21 Bleecker Avenue, Troy, N.Y., U.S.A. Clans, U.S.A. MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COUNCIL. CENTRAL HALL, DERBY, 10TH SEPTEMBER, 1927. The Annual Conference of the Council of the Burns Federation was held here to-day at 10 a.m. The President, Sir Robert Bruce, LL.D., occupied the chair, and with him on the platform were Sir Joseph Dobbie; Sir Robert Blair; Mr. Thomas Amos, Hon. Secretary; Major George A. Innes, Hon. Treasurer; Mr. J. C. Ewing, Editor of the Burns Chronicle; Mr. A. G. Andrew, Hon. Secretary of School Children's Competitions; Col. J. G. Roberton; Capt. Charles Carmichael; Dr. Joseph Hunter; Messrs. Hugh M'Lean, Albert Douglas (Washington, U.S.A.), Philip Sulley, James Thomson, Thomas Killin, J. G. S. Sproll, and A. L. Brown. Delegates from the following clubs were present:-Kilmarnock, London, Dundee, Aberdeen, Dunfermline United, Derby, Edinburgh, Glasgow Bridgeton, Glasgow Mauchline Society, Partick Western, Glasgow National, Glasgow Primrose, Ye Cronies (Govan), Auld Clinkum, Glasgow and District Bowling Clubs' Association, Glasgow Burns House, Glasgow Westland, Glasgow Rosebery, Shettleston, Uddingston, Uddingston Masonic, Mauchline, Ayrshire B.C.A., Sunderland, Kilmarnock Bellfield, Kilmarnock Howff, Hamilton Junior, Nottingham Scottish Association, Newcastle, Old Kilpatrick, Darlington, Birmingham, Londonderry, Gorebridge, Dumfries, Fifeshire B.C.A., Grahamston, Walsall, Edinburgh Ayrshire Association, Fisherrow Masonic, Troy (U.S.A.), St. Mark's (Perth), Glencraig, Balerno, Ayr, and Calcutta. Apologies for absence were intimated from the Hon. James Craigie (New Zealand), Mr. Andrew M'Callum (Glasgow), Sir Robert Wilson (Glasgow), Mr. Mungo MacRae (Troy, U.S.A.), and Mr. James A. Morris (Ayr). The Earl of Rosebery, Senior Hon. President, sent the following message :— DALMENY HOUSE, EDINBURgh, Dear Sir Robert Bruce,-I am glad to hear that the |