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of increasing interest in these meetings, and they hope that the new 

 session will see no abatement of it, but rather a steady increase. 



The following is a list of the lectures, &c., given at the ordinary 

 meetings : — 



1877. 



10th Oct. — The Mixing of Colours. Illus- 

 trated with experiments. 



24th Oct. — Arrangement of Scotch Bocks. 

 Illustrated with Diagrams 

 and Specimens, 

 7th Nov. — A few Hints on the Study of 

 A^afural History by means of 

 the Microscope. With prac- 

 tical Illustrations, 



21st Nov. — Sculptured Stones of the District. 

 Illustrated with Photograj)hs 

 and Diagrams, 

 5th Dec. — Ferns of the District. Illustrated 

 with Specimens, - 



19th Dec. — Gases and Lupdds under different 

 temperatures and pressures. 

 Illustrated with Experiments, 



1878. 

 23d Jan. 



13th Feb. 



27th Feb. 



— The Muckle Stane o' Glenhalloch. 



Illustrated, .... 

 — Heat andRadiation. Illustrated 



with Experiments, 

 — Mountains and Mountain-inahing. 



Illustrated with Diagrams, 



13th March. — Scotland during the Ice Age. 



Illustrated with Diagrams, 

 27th March. — Polarised Light, and its use in 



the Microscope. Illustrated 



with Experiments, 

 10th April. — Alpine Plants of Forfarshire. 



Illustrated with Specimens, 

 24th April. — Bug Mosses of Forfarshire. 



Illustrated with Specimens, 

 ,, — Some Experiments in Telephonic 



Electricity, - - - - 



By A. Grothe, Pres. 



.James Durham, F.G.S. 



John Hoon. 



Allan Mathewson. 

 John Donaldson. 



G. D. Macdougald, 



Kev. W. Herdman, of Rattray. 



FR.S.NK W. Young, F.C.S. 



Prof. H. A. Nicholson, M.D., 

 D.Sc, &c. 



James Geikie, LL.D., F.R.S. 



John Thomson. 

 Edward Moir. 

 W. M. Ogilvie, F.B.S. 

 F. W. Young, F.C.S. 



It will be very difficult to surpass the above programme ; and there 

 can be little doubt that to its superiority over all previous ones a large 

 share of the better attendance at the meetings -was due. The attractive- 

 ness of the subjects, and the popular way in which they were treated 

 and illustrated, could not fail in bringing out the members in large 



