xl PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



THE THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



25th October, 1887. 



Mr. James DairoD, F.G.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 The Secretary (Mr. D. A. Boyd) read the Report of the Council 

 on the business of last session. 



Report of the Council. 



The Council beg to report that during the past year the names 

 of 10 new Members have been added to the Roll, the present 

 membership being as follows : 



Honorary, 11 



Corresponding, ... 33 

 Ordinary, 199 



Total, 243 



Among the names contained in the obituary record are those of 

 two gentlemen who were intimately connected with the affairs of 

 the Society and took an active interest in its welfare. Mr. Robert 

 Gray, F.R.S.E., Honorary Member, was one of the original pro- 

 moters of the Society, and for upwards of twelve years acted as its 

 Secretary. To Mr. Gray's exertions much of the success which has 

 attended the Society may be directly attributed. Mr. W. J. Milligan 

 was formerly a Vice-President of the Society, and rendered import- 

 ant services at various times, especially in connection with the 

 revision of the Constitution in 1884. 



During the Winter Session the usual number of meetings were 

 held, at which numerous important communications were read and 

 specimens exhibited. At the summer meetings and excursions much 

 valuable work was also done ; but it is to be regretted that at these 

 the attendance was scarcely up to the average of previous years. 

 The interest and importance of the excursions have been much 

 increased by an attempt which has been made to preserve, so far as 

 practicable, a complete and systematic record of observations then 

 made on the flora and invertebrate fauna of the districts visited. This 

 work has been carried out at most of the excursions, and the result 

 has proved highly satisfactory, a large amount of valuable imforma- 

 tion having been submitted. 



Reports of the meetings were regularly supplied to the local 

 newspapers, so that the work of the Society might be kept before 

 the public. 



Vol. i., part iii., of the Society's Proceedings and Transactions 

 relating to the work of session 18<Sf)86, was issued to the mem- 

 bers early in the summer. In addition to the usual matter, this 

 part contains an index to the species mentioned in the volume, 

 which, it is hoped, will enhance its value for purposes of reference. 



