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TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
DUMFRIESSHIRE AND GALLOWAY 
NATURAL HISTORY & ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. 
SHSSLON 1906-7. 
12th October, 1906. 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
Chairman—Professor ScotTtT-ELLiorT. 
The Secretary and Treasurer submitted their annual reports, 
which were approved of. That of the former stated that fifteen 
ordinary, one special district, and four field meetings had been 
held, and that there had been a net gain of forty-four members 
during the session. An Abstract of the Accounts of the Trea- 
surer appears at the end of this issue. 
The Secretary submitted the Draft of the Rules, as revised 
by the Council, and, with certain amendments, these were 
approved of by the meeting. These were printed in the last issue 
of the “ Transactions,’’ and are again published in this volume. 
On the nomination of the Council the following Office- 
Bearers were elected for the ensuing session:—President, Pro- 
fessor G. F. Scott-Elliot of Newton; Vice-Presidents, Mr Robert 
Service, Mr James Barbour, Dr James Maxwell Ross, and Dr 
J. W. Martin; Honorary Vice-President, Mr Robert Murray; 
Secretary, Mr Samuel Arnott; Treasurer, Mr Matthew H. 
