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Election of Office-Beaeeks. 



Hon. President — Right Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., M.P. 



Vice-Presidents — Rev. Johx Cairns, M.A. ; Mr Robert Mdrray, George 

 Street ; Mr Robert Service, Seedsman, Maxwelltown ; and Mr James 

 Davidsox, Summerville. 



Secretary — Mr Bertram M'Gowax. 



Treasurer — Mr J. A. Moodie. 



Librarians and Curators of Museum — Rev. William Andson and Mr James 

 Lennox. 



Curators of the Herharium — Professor G. F. Scott-Elliot, Misses Hannay, 

 Langlands ; Miss Cresswell, Nunholm. 



Council— M.T James Clark, Rector of the Academy ; Dr James Maxwell 

 Ross, County Medical Officer ; Mr W. J. Maxwell, Terregles Banks ; 

 Mr J. G. H. Starke, Troqueer Holm ; Dr Clarke, Dumfries ; Dr 

 Martin, Holy wood ; and Mr James S. Thomson, Jeweller. 



Communications. 



The Treasurer read the following " Addenda and Corri- 

 genda" to Mr M' Andrew's Lists of Mosses, Hepaticce, and 

 Lichens of the district : — 



Since the publication of my lists of Mosses, Hepaticse, and 

 Lichens in " The Transactions of the Dumfries and Galloway 

 Natural History and Antiquarian Society " — the Mosses and 

 Hepaticse on page 89 of No. 6 for 1887-90 ; the Lichens on page 

 28, No. 7 for 1890-91 ; and the cryptogamic botany of the Moffat 

 district on page 30 of No. 8 for 1891-2 — I have from time to time 

 in my botanical notes added a few more species of these crypto- 

 gams. I have written in the hope that the collection of this 

 scattered information into a Supplementary List may be useful 

 and convenient. I consider that the species given on the autho- 

 rity of Dr W. Nichoi and Mr John Sadler from the Moffat district 

 require re-discovery and re-confirmation. As for the other species 

 from the district I think I have specimens of them all. I have 

 not added new localities for species already named. I have also 

 added a few of the rarer species I have gathered in Wigtown- 

 shire. It gives me pleasure to note that my corrections in species 

 cited as occurring in the three south-western counties are very 

 few. While this is so, I consider that there is ample room for 



