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Thomas Chapman, James Barclay Murdoch, and John Young, 

 F.G.S,, Vice-Presidents; Eobert Mason, Secretary; Kobert J. 

 Bennett, Treasurer ; Henry C. Young, Librarian ; James Lumsden, 

 F.Z.S., Duncan M'Lellan, George E. Paterson, David Corse Glen, 

 C.E., F.G.S., George J. Combe, Francis G. Binnie, John A. Harvie- 

 Brown, F.Z.S., Archibald Robertson, and David Robertson, jun., 

 Members of Council. 



Mr Robert Gray, F.R.S.E., Edinburgh, was elected an honorary 

 member; Mr Robert Etheridge, jun., F.G.S., etc., Edinburgh, a 

 corresponding member ; and Messrs. James Bayne, jun., George 

 Bell, jun., James Armstrong, Thomas N. Hill, Thomas M. Camp- 

 bell, and Thomas M. Campbell, jun., ordinary members of the 

 Society. 



Before proceeding with the remaining business, the Chairman 

 called the attention of the meeting to the sudden death at Oban, 

 on 25th July last, of Mr William Keddie, Lecturer on Natural 

 Science, and Secretary to the Philosophical Society of Glasgow. 

 Mr Keddie was one of the original promoters of this Society, 

 having attended the first meeting, on 9th July 1851 ; and for a 

 time he continued to take a part in the proceedings, his name 

 frequently appearing on the record as engaged in promoting the 

 interests of the Society, and his connection with it only ceasing when 

 his engagements as Secretary to the Philosophical Society occupied 

 all the leisure time at his disposal ; but to the end he continued 

 to take an interest in the Society's progress, and was pleased to 

 hear of its success. 



Mr Keddie at an early period imbibed a taste for natural history 

 pursuits, and did much, by his example and instructions, to 

 promote among all classes the prosecution of those studies to which 

 he was attached. He was extensively known and highly esteemed 

 by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance, being ever ready 

 to communicate to others the information and knowledge which 

 he possessed, and to assist by his advice all engaged in the same 

 pursuits. He commended himself to his friends by his genial 

 disposition and engaging qualities, and all who knew him will 

 long continue to cherish his memory. 



The meeting cordially sympathized with the sentiments expressed 

 by the Chairman, and instructed the Secretary to enter a notice 

 in accordance with them in the record, and to furnish an extract 

 from the minutes to the relatives of the deceased, with an expression 



