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Hall on the evening of the 11th April. At this meeting a 

 considerable number of interesting micro.-preparations were 

 exhibited, these being confined to " the work of the members 

 themselves." The preparations included animal and vegetable 

 tissues, parts of insects, rock-sections, crystals, diatoms, &c. 

 About one hundred members of the Society were present. 



In connection with the social meeting, it may be here men- 

 tioned that Mr Symington Grieve, President, who occupied the 

 chair, delivered an address on the History of the Society, from 

 its foundation in June 1869 to the present time. Want of 

 space has unfortunately prevented this interesting address 

 from being included in the ' Transactions ' for the current 

 Session. 



ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. 



The Annual Business Meeting of the Society was held on the 

 evening of the 24th October 1888, in the Hall, 20 George 

 Street, — Mr Eobert Stewart, S.S.C., one of the Vice-Presidents, 

 in the Chair. 



The Secretary, in submitting his Annual Eeport, stated that 

 during the past Session there had been in all 1 6 meetings (not 

 including the meetings of the Microscopic Section), of which 

 6 were indoor and 10 were field meetings. The number of 

 field meetings was much smaller than usual, inasmuch as, 

 although the usual number had been arranged for, the wet 

 and inclement weather prevented several of them from 

 being held. The indoor meetings were, as usual, well 

 attended, but, with one or two exceptions, the field meetings 

 were poorly attended — no doubt, in consequence of the cold 

 and late summer. The following list gives the dates and 

 localities of the meetings — viz. : 



Indoor Meetings: (1) Ordinary Evening Meetings, 1887 

 — November 23, December 28; 1888— January 25, Feb- 

 ruary 22, March 28, April 25. (2) Social Meeting, April 

 11, 1{ 



