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The Annual Business Meeting of the Club was held on the evening 

 of October 23, 1885 — Mr A. B. Herbert occupying the chair. The 

 usual Statements by the Secretary and Treasurer were laid before 

 the meeting, and unanimously approved of. By the Financial 

 Statement, it was shown that the total income for Session 1884-85, 

 including a balance from last account, was £81, 2s., and that the 

 expenditure was £51, 3s. 5d., thus leaving a surplus at that date 

 in favour of the Ch;b of £29, I8s. 7d. The meetings held during 

 the Session were 30 in number — 13 of these being indoor meetings, 

 and 17 field meetings, with an average attendance at all the meet- 

 ings of 54. The following list gives the dates of the indoor meet- 

 ings, and the dates and localities of the field meetings, viz. : — 



Indook Meetings : (1) Ordinarjj Evening ]\Ieidings, 1884 — Oct. 

 24, Nov. 27, Dec. 26; 1885— Jan. 29, Feb. 26, March 26. (2) 

 Microscopic Meetings, 1884 — Nov. 6, Dec. 5; 1885 — Jan. 9, Feb. 5, 

 March 6, April 2. (3) Annual Conversazione — April 17, 1885. 



Field Meetings, 1885: Feb. 21, Arniston ; May 2, Scottish 

 Marine Station, Granton ; May 9, North Berwick ; May 16, Haw- 

 thornden and Roslin ; May 23, Dalhousie ; May 30, Dysart and 

 Wemyss ; June 3, Blackford Hill; June 6, Midcalder ; June 13, 

 North Queensferry ; June 17, Craigmillar ; June 20, West Linton; 

 June 27, Caribber Glen ; July 1, Union Canal ; July 4, Inchkeith 

 (with Dredging in Forth); July 11, Aberlady ; July 25, Balerno ; 

 Sept. 26 (" Fungus foray "), Roshn. 



The election of Office-bearers for Session 1885-86 was next pro- 

 ceeded with, and the following is the complete list, as then 

 adjusted, viz.: — - 



President.— Symington Giueve. 



Vice-Presidents. 



T. B. Sprague, M.A., F.R.S.E. | J. M. Macfarlane, D.Sc. | A. Frazer, M.A. 



John Walcot. 

 John Allan. 

 George L. Brown. 

 Charles Fraser. 



Council. 



John Rattray, M.A.,B.Sc. 

 Archibald Gkaig, Jun. 

 W. I. MacAdam, F.C.S., F.I.C. 

 A. D. Richardson. 



William Forgan. 

 William Bonxar. 

 John Henderson. 

 A. B. Steele. 



Honorary Secretary and Treasurer.— Andrew Moffat. 

 Auditors. — John A. Marshall, C.A. ; Hugh H. Pillans. 



The membership of the Club for Session 1884-85 stood at the 

 close as follows : 26 names were withdrawn from the roll, and 

 50 new members were admitted, giving a net increase of 24 — which, 

 added to the ordinary membership of 190 for the previous Session, 

 makes a total at the present date of 214. Owing to the steady 



