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in the Chair. A Committee (Dr. Buchanan White, Prof. Trail, 

 and Mr. W. D. Sang, Convener) was appointed to co-operate with 

 the Secretaries of the various Societies to ascertain what steps 

 should be taken to improve the distribution of Reports, Notices, 

 and Circulars among the members. Prof. Trail was reappointed 

 Editor of the Transactions. It was agreed to continue the 

 arrangements for publication with the Scottish Naturalist. 



The assessment for the year was fixed at 4d. per member. 



The Secretary intimated that few replies had been received in 

 answer to the circular requesting aid in the preparation of the 

 Bibliography of the district ; — and further arrangements were post- 

 poned to a future meeting. 



Dr. Buchanan White, on behalf of the Perthshire Society of 

 Natural Science, cordially invited the Union to meet in Perth in 

 1887, and it was agreed to accept the invitation. 



The Annual General Meeting was held in the Anatomical Class- 

 room in Aberdeen University, at 14 o'clock (2 p.m.) Prof. J. 

 W. H. Trail in the Chair. 



The minutes of all meetings since the last General Meeting 

 having been read and approved, the President delivered his 

 Address to a fair audience. 



Dr. Struthers gave a discourse on the Tay Whale (Mcgaptera 

 longi??iana), and other whales that have been taken on the Scotch 

 coasts ; and dwelt largely on the numerous rudimentary structures 

 met with in whales. His lecture was copiously illustrated with 

 diagrams and preparations. 



Dr. Buchanan White reported on the Braemar excursion, and 

 on recent discoveries among the Flowering Plants of Perthshire. 



Col. Drummond Hay intimated, by letter, that his report on 

 the Birds of the East of Scotland would be ready for printing this 

 year. 



Dr. Howden reported on the Fishes of the East Coast of Scot- 

 land ; and as Delegate of the Union to the British Association in 

 18S5, reported on the work of the Association. 



Notes on Mosses of the North of Scotland, and specimens to 

 accompany them, were sent by Mrs. Farquharson of Haughton. 



Mr. Roy reported on the progress of his Catalogue of Algae of 

 the district ; and the President submitted a report on additions to 

 the records of Fungi of the district made since December, 1885. 



The recom nendation from the Kirkcaldv Naturalists' Society 



