2 Transactions. 



Mexicans and Coast Indians of Texas (from the Peabody Musenm) ; 

 the Handbook for Cardiff for the British Association, 1891. 



Secretary's Report. 

 The Secretary (Dr Edward J. Chinnock) read his annual 



report : 



The membership of the Society now numbers 103 ordi- 

 nary members, of whom 30 have been admitted during the 

 session now closing. There are also seven life members 

 and 23 honorary members, one of whom, Dr Ans- 

 truther Davidson, was elected during the closing session. There 

 are thus 193 names on the roll. The Society has sustained a loss 

 in the death of one of its most esteemed members, Mr George 

 Hamilton, of Kirkcudbriglit. 



Ossa quieta, p'>-eGor, tuta requiescitc in vrna, 

 Et sit humus cineri uon onerosa tno. 

 Eio-ht evening meetings and four field meetings have been 

 held during the session. At the former 24 valuable papers were 

 read, all of which showed laudable research, and some were of 

 very great interest. Without detracting from the merits of the 

 other contributors, the papers communicated by Messrs Andson, 

 Corrie, Dudgeon, M'Andrew, J. H. Thomson, Weir, and Wilson 

 may be mentioned as particularly interesting. 



The thanks of the Society are due to the painstaking scien- 

 tific investigations of Messrs Andson, Scott-Elliot, M'Andrew, 

 Fingland, and Johnstone, and also to the Misses Hannay for the 

 care with which they have mounted the specimens for the 

 Herbarium, and for taking charge of the Herbarium during the 

 winter months. The indefatigable labours of Mr Scott-Elliot in 

 the formation of our Herbarium are worthy of the thanks of the 

 Society. His report shews that the collection bids fair to be one 

 of the most complete in Great Britain, outside of the national 

 collections. It is a great honour to the Society to possess a 

 member who devotes himself to the Avork with sucn enthusiasm as 

 Mr Scott-Elliot exhibits. 



As our Society is affiliated with the British Association, all our 

 scientific papers are recorded in the list of contributions annually 

 published by that distinguished Society. I may mention that I 

 affixed my name in May, as representing our Society, to a Petition 



