DUMFRIESSHIRE & GALLOWAY 



Scientific, Natural History, and 

 Antiquarian Society. 



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TRAHSACTIOKS 



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8th October, 1880. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



Mr J. Gibson Starke, Presideat, in the Chair. 

 Twenty-two present. 



New Members. — Messrs Scott of Broomlands ; Martin, Town 

 Clerk ; G. Gray Philips, Rosefield ; John Costin, Laurieknowe ; 

 J. Brown, Drumsleet ; A. E. Truckell, Maxwelltown ; J. S. 

 Stansfeld, Inland Revenue ; and J. Longmore, Industrial School. 



Donations. — Report of Geological and Geographical Survey of 

 the Territories of Idaho and Wyoming, The Shell Mounds of 

 Omori, The 12th and 13th Annual Reports of the Peabody 

 Museum of Archaeology ; Report for 1878 of the Smithsonian 

 Museum, U.S.A.; Pair of old manacles recently found, at a depth 

 of 6 feet, when digging a drain in Glasgow Street, Maxwelltown ; 

 and 12 Micro-photographs, mounted and framed, presented by 

 Mr F. W. Grierson, Chapelmount. 



Exhibits. — Mr F. W. Grierson brought under the notice of the 

 meeting a remarkable deposit of peat recently exposed near Rae 

 Street when excavating foundations for new houses, together with a 

 number of specimens picked up there a few days ago by Dr Gilchrist 

 and himself, consisting of various pieces of birch and other woods. 



