PROCEEDINGS AND TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



Dumfriesshire & Galloway Natural History 

 and Antiquarian Society. 



SESSIOI^r 1898-00. 



28th October, 1898, 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



Rev. Sir Emilius Laueie, Bart, of Maxwelton, in the Chair. 



Donations and Exchanges. — Year-book of the U.S. Department 

 of Agriculture, 1897 ; Missouri Botanical Garden Eeport, 1892 ; 

 Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 14th year, 2 

 parts ; Prehistoric Burial Places in Maine (Peabody Museum 

 Papers) ; Proceedings of Academy of Natural Sciences, Phila- 

 delphia ; Bulletin of the Geological Institute of the University of 

 Upsala ; Transactions of Stirling Natural History and Archseo- 

 logical Museum, 1897-98 ; Transactions and Proceedings of the 

 Canadian Institute, 1897-98 ; Annual Report and Proceedings 

 of Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 1897-98 ; Composition of 

 Maize (U.S. Department of Agriculture). 



