NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. Ixxxi 



read. Reports of the meetings were regularly supplied to the 

 local newspapers. 



Eight meetings were held during the Summer Session, and an 

 Exhibition of Microscopic Objects took place at the meetings on 

 12th May, 23rd June, 18th August, and 15th September. 



Fourteen Excursions were made as follows : 9th May, Calder 

 Glen ; 19th May, Botanic Gardens ; 23rd May, Loch Humphrey ; 

 2nd June, Paisley Canal ; 6th June, Garguniiock : 13th June, 

 Murroch and Auchenreoch Glens ; 20th June, Shielhill Glen ; 4th 

 July, Barskimming ; 1st August, Ladyland ; 11th August, Cam- 

 buslang ; 15th Aiigust, Maiddslie ; 29th August, Kilmalcolm ; 12th 

 Septembex', Milliken ; 26th September, Barncluith. 



It is the desire of the Council that the Meetings and Excursions 

 should be rendered as generally useful and acceptable to the 

 Society as possible, and they will be glad to consider any sugges- 

 tions which may be made with the view of attaining this end., 

 These may be addressed to either of the Secretaries, or to any 

 member of the Summer Committee. 



Library. — At the close of last Session a complete set of the 

 publications of the Ray Society was offered to the Council at the 

 pi-ice of £38 ; and through the liberality of various Members and 

 Associates, the amount required for the purchase has been fully 

 subscribed, and the vohmies added to the Library. The cordial 

 thanks of the Society are due to the subscribers to the purchase- 

 fund, whose generous gift will, it is hoped, have the effect of 

 directing local attention to numerous departments of Invertebrate 

 Zoology which have hitherto been neglected or imperfectly inves- 

 tigated by the Society, owing to want of access to descriptive 

 monographs of the British species. 



The Librarian (Mr. James J. F. X. King, F.E.S.) reported that 

 the number of publications received from other Societies, Institu- 

 tions, etc., was about the same as last year. During the Session, 

 through the voluntary subscriptions of the Members and Asso- 

 ciates, 64 volumes of the publications of the Ray Society had been 

 added, thus completing the valuable set of monographs, among 

 which are many standard authorities on the subjects upon which 

 they treat. The book-case accommodation was now inadequate 

 for the requirements of the Library. 



The Treasurer (Mr. John Renwick) submitted an audited State- 

 ment oii Accounts, for the year ending 31st August, showing a 

 balance of £31 Is. 9kl. at the credit of the Society, exclusive of £1(X) 

 invested on debenture, and the value of books and other i^roperty 

 insui'ed for £300. 



The Reports read were all unanimously approved and adopted. 



The Society then proceeded to the election of Office-Bearers, 

 when Mr. Robert S. Wishart, M.A., was elected a Vice-President, 

 and Professor Edward E. Prince, B.A., F.L.S,, Mr. Robert Edgar, 



