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Finance. — The Hon. Treasurer (Mr. John Ren wick) submitted 

 an audited Statement of Accounts (see page 286), which showed 

 a balance of £150 5s. 4Jd. at the credit of the Ordinary Fund, 

 and .£157 10s. at the credit of the Life Members' Fund. 



Library. — The Hon. Librarian (Mr. James Mitchell) submitted 

 a Report, which stated that the interest of the members in the 

 Library continued to be well sustained, as was shown by statistics 

 submitted of the number of volumes borrowed during the year. 

 The books were all in a satisfactory state. 



Transactions. — The Hon. Editor (Mr. John Paterson) reported 

 on the progress of publication of the material in his hands. 



The Reports were all approved and adopted. 



Vacancies among the Office-bearers were filled up by the 

 election of Mr. Robert Garry, B.Sc, as a Yice-President, and 

 Messrs. John R. Thomson, W. R. Baxter, Keith Buchanan, and 

 Nicholas G. Reid, as Members of Council. 



Messrs. James Jack and Joseph Sommerville were re-appointed 

 as Auditors. 



Mr. James R. Menzies, 6 Woodcroft Terrace, Jordanhill, was 

 elected an Ordinary Member. 



Reports were submitted of Excursions to Milngavie and 

 Strathblane (p. 100), Perceton, and from Dairy to Fairlie (p. 238). 



Mr. T. B. Henderson, M.D., exhibited a fine specimen of the 

 Indian Spring- tailed Lizard, Uromastix Hardwickii (Gray), one 

 of the Agamidae, and made some remarks descriptive of the 

 characteristics and affinities of the species. 



Mr. David Ligat showed specimens of Black Bryony (Tamus 

 communis, L.). Red Bryony (Bryonia dioica, L.). and various 

 other plants from Surrey. 



Mr. James Whitton, Superintendent of Parks, submitted his 

 "Meteorological Notes for 1905, and Remarks upon the Weather 

 during the year, with its General Effects upon Vegetation" (p. 30). 



27th November, 1906. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd, President, in the chair. 



A Report on the Fungus Forays to Hawkhead and Torrance, 



compiled by Messrs. R. B. Johnstone and D. A. Boyd, was 



submitted (p. 239). 



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