2 Annual Meeting. 



Stirling Natural History and Archteological Society's Transac- 

 tions, 1896-97; Transactions of Manchester Microscopical Society 

 for 1896 ; Korean Interviews by Edward S. Morse (presented by 

 the author) ; Papers from the Proceedings of the Society of 

 Antiquarians of Scotland on Excavations at Birrens and Roman 

 Roads in Dumfriesshire, by Dr James Macdonald ; Bulletin of 

 the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala, Vol. III., 

 Part I., 1896, No. 5. Dr Martin, Holy wood, presented papers 

 by Sir William Dawson on the Great Ice Age, Eozno Canadense, 

 and a number of other subjects. ^ 



Secretary's Report. 



The Interim Secretary (Dr J. Maxwell Ross) then read the 

 Annual Report. At last annual meeting the membership was 

 185, 17 being honorary. Since then two members have died and 

 seven new members have been elected. The present membership 

 is thus 190, of whom 17 are honorary. The Society has sustained 

 a severe loss in the deaths of Mr James Shaw, Tynron, and Mr 

 William Galloway, Whithorn. The former was an enthusiastic 

 and highly respected member of over thirty years standing, the 

 latter an honorary member, well known as an antiquarian, and 

 more especially for his researches at Whithorn. Both were 

 valued contributors to the Transactions. The active services of 

 two office-bearers have also been lost through the removal of Mr 

 Philip SuUey and Dr Chinnock from Dumfries. Mr SuUey was an 

 enthusiastic antiquarian, and tilled the post of vice-president with 

 much acceptance. Dr Chinnock was for several years secretary, 

 and on his retirement was unanimously and cordially elected an 

 honorory member, besides being presented with a tangible 

 recognition of the Society's appreciation of his labours. 



Eight monthly and two field meetings were held. One of the 

 monthly meetings was an open one, the paper for that evening 

 being of the nature of a lecture by Mr Richard Bell of Castle 

 O'er on the keeping and breeding of the Ostrich and Emu in 

 Dumfriesshire. Including this papei", twenty-one were submitted 

 to the Society, of which four pertained to natural history, one 

 to meteorology, two to folk-lore, and fourteen were historical or 

 antiquarian. Four specimens were exhibited, being two celts, 

 found at Kells, Southwick ; a stone supposed to be a bullet- 

 mould, found at Woodside, Kirkbean ; a stone hammer, found in 

 Glencairn ; and a Massachusetts shilling of date 1746. Present 



