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PBOCEEDING-8 



OF THE 



NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



SESSION 1879-80. 



THE TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 

 ANDERSON'S COLLEGE BUILDINGS, 



September 30th. 1870. 



Professor John Young, M.D., F.G.S., President, in the chair. 



The Treasurer submitted his Annual Financial Statement, which 

 showed a balance in favour of the Society of £77 Is. lid. 



The Secretary read the Report of the Council on the business of 

 last Session. Since last Annual Meeting the death had occurred 

 of Dr. Hugh Colquhoun, an honorary member, and of Mr. George 

 Thomson, a corresponding member, notices of both having been 

 given during the past Session. Death had also claimed Mr. Thomas 

 Chapman, who became a member in 1852, and was thus 27 years 

 on the roll of the Society, during which time he filled various 

 offices, being latterly one of the Vice-Presidents ; and Mr. 

 Alexander Donaldson, who had been a member for 13 years, and 

 always took a deep interest in the progress of the Society. 



The number of ordinarv members on the roll at last Annual 

 Meeting was 166 ; since then 16 names have been added, making 

 a total of 182, from which has to be deducted for deaths, resigna- 

 tions, and removals, 8, leaving at present 174. 



The usual number of meetings — eight — were held on the last 

 Tuesday of each month from September to April, the attendance 

 at all of which was satisfactory, many of the papers read being 



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