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" 8. The meetings of the Union shall be open to all the mem- 

 bers of every society in it. 



" 9. The expenses of the Union shall be defrayed by an annual 

 subscription from each society, the sum for which each is assessed 

 being in proportion to the number of subscribing members in it, 

 and the amount for the year being determined by the Council. 



" 10. Notice of the meetings shall be sent by the Secretary of 

 the Union to the secretary of each society, who shall then intimate 

 the same to each member of the society. 



"11. The Union shall publish 'Transactions' from time to 

 time. The Council shall determine what papers shall be published, 

 and shall appoint an editor annually. 



" 12. Motions of any alterations in, or additions to, the constitu- 

 tion of the Union must be brought before an annual general 

 meeting, and to be carried must have the votes of not less than 

 three-fourths of those present. Notice of any such motion must 

 be sent to the secretary at least two months before the meeting, in 

 order that he may intimate the same to the secretaries of the 

 societies." 



The delegates thereafter resolved themselves into the first 

 meeting of Council of the Union, and decided that the first 

 general meeting shall be held in Dundee on Friday and Saturday, 

 June 6th and 7th, 1884. Dr. Buchanan White, F.L.S., was 

 elected President for the current year, and Mr. F. W. Young was 

 appointed secretary and treasurer. Both gentlemen intimated 

 their acceptance of office. 



A Committee of the Council (the President, Mr. Brebner, Dr. 

 Crichton, Mr. J. Martin White, and the Secretary, Convener) was 

 then appointed to report to a meeting of Council, to be held in 

 Dundee about the middle of March, " on the best methods of 

 conducting the business of the Union, and on the business to be 

 brought before the general meeting in June." 



On the conclusion of the business, Mr. Pullar entertained the 

 delegates of the various societies, along with the members of 

 Council of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science, to dinner in 

 the Victoria Hotel. A most pleasant evening was passed — a fore- 

 taste, it may be hoped, of the pleasure that will arise from the more 

 frequent opportunities that will now be afforded of making and of 

 renewing acquaintanceships among the members of the societies in 

 the east of Scotland. 



That the advantages of the step just taken have been fully 



