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to the preliminary meeting called by the Lord Provost of Glasgow 

 to consider the organisation of the scientific work in connection 

 with the visit of the British Association for the Advancement of 

 Science to Glasgow in 1901, reported on the proceedings of that 

 meeting, and gave an account of what has since been done in the 

 way of advancing the work. At the public meeting a Committee 

 was appointed to " make the necessary preliminary arrangements, 

 especially in connection with the compilation of handbooks relat- 

 ing to the local fauna and flora, the geological phenomena, the 

 archaeological remains, the leading industries of the West of Scot- 

 land." The Committee, it was agreed, was to consist of the Lord 

 Provost and two representatives from each of the learned and 

 scientific institutions which had signed the memorial, asking 

 the Lord Provost to convene a public meeting, with the addi- 

 tion of representatives from the Glasgow Photographic Associa- 

 tions, and, further, a number of other gentlemen representing 

 Corporations and Trusts, etc., in the city. This Committee was 

 divided into three Sub-Committees, each instructed to prepare a 

 handbook, and the Natural History Sub-Committee was again sub- 

 divided into sections to deal wdth Botany, Geology, and Zoology 

 respectively. 



Vacancies in the Council were filled up as follows : — Rev. 

 G. A. Frank Knight, M. A., as Vice-President ; Messrs. Ander- 

 son Fergusson, Richard M'Kay, Geo. W. Ord, and Professor 

 George Bell Todd, M.B., CM., as Members of Council for three 

 years. In addition to these newly-elected members, the Council 

 consists of the following : — President, Robert Kidston, F.R.S.E., 

 F.G.S. ; Vice-Presidents, Messrs. Joseph Sommerville and Alex. 

 Somerville, B.Sc, F.L.S. ; Hon. Secretaries, Messrs. S. M. Well- 

 wood and R. D. Wilkie ; Hon. Treasurer, John Renwick ; Hon. 

 Librarian, James Mitchell; Hon. Editor of Transactions^ John 

 Paterson; and Ordinary Members of Council, Messrs. Robert 

 Brown, M.D. ; John Fleming, George Russell, G. F. Scott Elliot, 

 M. A., B.Sc, F.L.S., F.R.G.S. ; Charles Hogg, David Pearson, and 

 Hugh Boyd Watt. 



Messrs. James Jack and William Leighton were re-appointed 

 Auditors. 



Mr. G. F. Scott Elliot, M.A., B.Sc, etc, read his Report as 

 Delegate to the last Meeting of the British Association. 



