Exhibits. S? 



incoffining in 1817 of Lady Betty, daughter of Hugh, Earl of 

 Lowden (? Loudoun), her death having occurred in 1771 ; (3) Tw& 

 old hotel bills from Carlisle and Ramsey ; (4) Lines said to be by 

 Burns on the death of Paine ; (5) Newspaper notice of death of 

 Mrs Mary Ann Lowden (aet. 83) at Stank of Bankend, endorsed 

 " last surviving- sister of Paul Jones ; " (6) A ticket for Leith 

 stage coach. 



Communication. — The Secretary read a paper by Dr Chinnock,- 

 London, on Ptolemy's Ireland, for which Dr Chinnock was 

 accorded a hearty vote of thanks. 



Mr Service, seconded by Mr Thomson, moved " That the 

 " Society consider the advisability, in conjunction with other 

 " kindred societies, of asking the Government to issue a Commis- 

 "sion to prepare and publish a third Statistical Account of all 

 "the Scottish Parishes." This was, after discussion, unanimously 

 agreed to, and a Committee, consisting of Messrs Service, Thom- 

 son, Barbour, Ballantyne, Moodie, Dr Ross, and Mr B. M'Gowan, 

 was appointed to take any steps that might be considered 

 necessary. 



18th January, 1901. 



Mr Robert Murray, V.P., in the chair. 



A^ew Members. — Colonel Beaufin Irving- of Bonshaw ; Mi- 

 Andrew C. Penman, Coachbuilder, Dumfries. 



Donatiom and Exchanges. — Proceedings Berwickshire Natur- 

 alists' Club, X7II., Part I. ; the Session Book of Bunkle and 

 Preston, 1665-1690 ; Transactions of the New York Academy of 

 Sciences, Vol. XIT., Parts II. and III. 



Exhibits. — Mr Arnott, Carsethorn, exhibited four Edward I. 

 Pennies and a Groat of Edward III. ; the Rev. W. Andsoie 

 exhibited a pamphlet, dated October, 1792, on the opening up of 

 a Cairn in the Parish of Urr, in which was a curious account of 

 what the writer believed to be an ancient mode of sepulture 



