1- Transactions. 



Brought forward £S 17 \-h 



Paid expenses of calling meetings as follows — 



Postcards ... ... ... ... ... £3 19 3i 



Paid for addressing same ... ... ... 140 



Paid R. Johnstone, printer, printing same 12 



5 



Paid expenses of publishing Transactions for last year as 

 follows — 

 Paid for loan of blocks for illustrations . . . 

 Paid Dumfries Standard for printing Trans 

 actions 



Miscellaneous 



Balance in Savings Bank . . . 

 ,, in Treasurer's hands 



DuMifiiiES, December 7, 1893. — I have examined the foregoing account 

 and the cash book of the society, compared them wuth the 

 vouchers, and find the balance stated to be correct. 



John Neilso.n. 



Election of Office-Bearers. 



The following were elected office-bearers and members of the 

 Council for the ensuing session : — 



President — Sir James Crichton Browne, F.R.S. 



Vice-Presidents — Rev. William Andson ; Messrs William Jardine 

 Maxwell, M.P. ; Thomas M'Kie ; and James Gibson Hamil- 

 ton Starke. 



Secretary — Edward J. Chiunock, LL.D. 



Treasurer — Mr John A. Moodie. 



Librarian — Mr James Lennox. 



Curator of the Museum — Mr James Davidson. 



Curators of the Ilerharium — Mr George F. Scott-Elliot and Miss 

 Hannay. 



Members of the Council — Messrs James Barbour, Thomas Laing, 

 James R. C. Macdonald, Robert M'Glashan, Robert Murray, 

 John NeiLson, George H. Robb, Dr James Maxwell Ross, 

 James S. Thomson, and James Watt. ■ 



