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who were privileged to be his colleagues in the Council or 

 associated with him as members of the Society. Among the 

 other names to be noticed are those of Dr. Thomas Davidson, 

 F.R.S., F.G.S., &c, one of the Honorary Members, who was 

 especially distinguished for his researches in the Fossil and 

 Recent Brachiopoda, of which he published many valuable 

 monographs ; Mr. Thomas Edward, A.L.S., one of the Corres- 

 ponding Members, the well-known incidents of whose remark- 

 able career are fitted to afford encouragement to all workers 

 for Science, especially those whose lot has been cast amid the 

 humbler paths of life; and Messrs. John C. Dougall, John 

 Pesque, John Dron, and Alexander Noble, Ordinary Members. 

 Mr. Noble was well known to many of the members ; and 

 his genial disposition, and keen interest in all that pertained 

 to the welfare of the Society, will not readily be forgotten. 



During the past Session the usual number of meetings were 

 held ; at these the average attendance was good, and the work 

 accomplished compares very favourably with that of previous 

 years. At the Summer Meetings and Excursions a fair amount 

 of work was done, but the small attendance at these meetings 

 was somewhat disappointing. The Council trust that the mem- 

 bers will more fully realise the important advantages which 

 the Summer Meetings and Excursions afford for the study of 

 Natural History. 



Part ii. of the Society's Proceedings and Transactions was 

 issued at the close of last Session ; and part iii., containing the 

 work of last Session, is rapidly approaching completion. The 

 separate issue of Professor J. R. Henderson's valuable paper on 

 the Decapod and Schizopod Crustacea of the Firth of Clyde has 

 enabled its contents to be made sooner available to workers 

 interested in the department of Zoology to which it refers. 



Several additions to the Botanical and Zoological Collections 

 for the Kelvingrove Museum are in an advanced state of pre- 

 paration ; and the Council beg, on behalf of the Museum Com- 

 mittee, to solicit the assistance of all Members who may be 

 able and willing to help the formation and extension of these 

 collections. Donations of species will be received by the 

 respective Members of Committee. 



A collection of British Sphagna, comprising 149 species, 

 varieties, and forms, has been presented to the Society by Mr. 

 James M'Andrew, Corresponding Member ; and the Council 

 have resolved that this important gift shall form the nucleus 

 of a collection of mosses, to be mounted in the form of fasciculi 

 and placed in Library for the use of the members. Messrs. 

 Thomas King, Richard M'Kay, Peter Ewing, and D. A. Boyd, 

 have been appointed a Committee to superintend the prepara- 

 tion of this Collection ; and these gentlemen will be glad to 



