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re-elected to the office of President ; and, on the motion of 

 Mr James Thomson, it was unanimously agreed to record a 

 special A'ote of tlianks to Dr Gilchrist for his untiring endeavours 

 to promote the interests of the Society during the last two sessions. 



Mr J. Gibson Starke, yr. of Troqueer Holm, was unanimously 

 elected President; Mr M'llwraith, Vice-President; MrRobt. Service, 

 Secretary ; Mr James Lennox, Assistant Secretary ; Mr D. B. 

 Hart, Treasurer. 



The following gentlemen were appointed members of Com- 

 mittee : — Dr Gilchi'ist, Messrs Robb, Lennon, Thomson, Hutton, 

 Maxwell, Glover- Anderson, and Stobie. 



November \st, 1878. 



The Second Meeting of the Session was held in the Mechanics' 

 Institute — Mr M'llwraith in the chaii\ 



Messrs Jas. W. Kerr, High Street, Dumfries, and Thos. Gracie, 

 Kirkmichael House, were elected Ordinary Members. Mr J. J. 

 King, 207 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, was elected a Corre- 

 sponding Member. 



Dr Gilchrist read a " Report on the Geological Features of 

 the Districts visited during the Field Meetings of 1878." (<See 

 Transactions, 1879.) 



Mr Service exhibited a Bread Roller which had belonged to 

 Robert Bums. 



Mr Stobbie exhibited a very beautiful Elm Wardrobe Panel, 

 remarkable for great variety of colour and figure. 



December 6th, 1878. 



The Third Meeting of the Session was held in the Mechanics' 

 Institute — Mr M'llwi-aith in the chair. 



Messrs James "Williamson, Geddes Place, Maxwelltown, and 

 James Anderson, Glasgow Street, Maxwelltown, were elected 

 Ordinaiy Members. Mr John A. Harvie - Brown, Dunipace, 

 Larbert, was elected a Corresponding Member. 



Mr John Maxwell sent for examination a number of old imple- 

 ments or tools found in a cairn on Walton Park Hill by the 

 tenant. They were pronounced by the antiquaries present to 

 be quite modern. Dr Gilchrist exhibited some fine specimens of 

 Fossil Plants from the Carboniferous Rocks. 



