IXXX ritUCEKDINGO OF THE 



Of these 4 have been removed through death, 15 through 



resignation, and 8 on account of non-payment of arrears of 



subscription. 



The present membership is as follows : 



Honorary, .-16 



Corresponding, 42 



Ordinary- 

 Life Members, 30 



Annual, 2il 



Suspended, 13 



284 



Total Jlenibership, 342 



Obit liar J/.— The Obituary Record contains the names of Messrs. 

 John Shaw, Ph.D., F.L.S., elected in 1886; J. D. Dougall, 

 elected in 1879; Adolf Paul Schulze, F.R.S.E., F.R.M.S., 

 admitted in 1879 ; and Robert Mason, F.L.S., elected in 

 1863. — Dr. Shaw was the senior Corresponding Member on the 

 Roll, having been elected an Ordinary Member in 1866, and 

 afterwards a Corresponding Menaber on his removal from 

 Glasgow to South Africa. During his residence in this country 

 he took an active interest in the Society, and frequently 

 contributed papers and exhibited specimens at the meetings. 

 His favourite pvirsuit was Bryology, in the investigation of 

 which he had attained considerable eminence. Many records of 

 Scottish mosses are due to his research ; and of these the two 

 species Campylopus Shatvii, Wils., and Orthotrichum Shawii, 

 Wils., have been named after their discoverer. — Mr. J. D. Dougall 

 was born in Glasgow in 1818, and for many years carried on 

 business as a gun-raaker in the city. He was the a\ithor of 

 various books, the best-known of which are his Scottish Field 

 Sports; Shooting Siinplified ; and Shooting: its Applimxces, 

 Practice, and Purpose, the last-named of which has been trans- 

 lated into French, German, and Italian. He was also the author 

 of the article on " Shooting " in the most recent edition of the 

 Encyclopcedia Britannica, In 1865 he succeeded in introducing 

 nitro-compound powders in a practical form for purposes of 

 shooting. - Mr. A. P. Schiilze was well known as one of the most 

 eminent of Scottish microscopists. — Mr. Mason acted as Secretary 

 of the Society from 1871 to 1882, With an extensive knowledge 

 of natural history, especially in the departments of botany and 

 geology, he jiossessed methodical business habits which enabled 

 him to discharge the duties of his office with an eminent degree 

 of success. 



Associates.— Dwvmg the past year 5 Associates have been 

 elected, while 2 have resigned. The number at present on the 

 Roll is 22. 



Meetings and E,vcnrsio)is. — Eight meetings were held dui'ing 

 the Winter Session, at which numerous zoological and botanical 

 specimens were exhibited and various important communications 



