10 Proceedings of the Dumfrlcssldre and Galloway 



donation, and the Secretary was requested to take charge of them 

 in the meantime. 



The Secretary intimated that he had received another portion 

 of the Trevandruvi Observations from Mr J. Allan Broun ; and 

 from the Rev. D. Honeyman, Halifax, N.S., copies of Notes on 

 Nova Scotian Geology and Transactions of the N.S. Institute of 

 Natural Science. 



Mr M'llwraith read a paper on " Local Anthropology." (See 

 Tra')isactions. ) 



The Secretary read a paper entitled " Effects of the Weather of 

 the Past Twelve Months upon Animal Life." (See Transactions.) 



After the papers had been read and discussed, 



Mr Moodie submitted the following resolution : — " That in 

 view of the departure of Mr William M'llwraith, late editor of 

 the Dumfries Courier, for Australia, this Society expresses its 

 best thanks for the unwearied interest he has taken in its behalf. 

 Having been a member of Committee since its commencement, 

 and having acted as Vice-President during that time, the Members 

 would express their sense of the gi'eat benefits he has bestowed on 

 the Society by his constant endeavours to maintain and extend its 

 usefulness. In expressing their great regret at the loss of his 

 valuable assistance, the Members assure him that he has their best 

 wishes for his future welfare in his new sphere of labour." He 

 thought he need add nothing to the resolution. He had been 

 told that Mr M'llwraith since he was a child had taken an 

 interest in scientific research. He knew that he had at least 

 taken an active interest in it since he came to manhood, in 

 Ayrshire, in Wigtownshii-e, and in Dumfriesshire. Assisting to 

 promote many scientific associations, he was, he believed, largely 

 instrumental in forming the Ayrshire and Wigtownshii-e Archaeo- 

 logical Association. 



Mr J. Maxwell had much pleasure in seconding the resolution. 

 Mr M'llwraith had read a paper to-night which would be a credit 

 to any society in Scotland ; and he thought it ought to be 

 engrossed in their Transactions. 



The Chairman was sure they all felt exactly what had been 

 stated in the resolution. The interest which Mr M'llwraith had 

 taken in this and similar societies had been gratifying to the 

 Members ; and in the land to which he was about to proceed he 

 trusted the same feeling he had evinced here mi^ht animate him 



