REPORT. 



At the Annual Business Meeting held on 7th November last year 

 several alterations were made on the Eules of the Society. Only one 

 of these could be considered of any importance, namely, that one 

 which fixes the time at which the Annual Business Meeting shall be 

 held. Formerly this meeting was held in November ; now, Eule X. 

 provides that it shall be held on the third Thursday in May. It is 

 expected that this alteration will allow of better and more systematic 

 attention being given to the conduct of the Society's affairs by the 

 Council. 



By the liberality of the High School Directors we have again during 

 the past Aviuter been enabled to hold our regular meetings in the 

 Mathematical Class-room of tlie High School, and the Society is under 

 great obligations to the Directors for so kindly permitting the free use 

 of it. 



The attendance at these meetings must have been a source of gratifi- 

 cation to all who take an active interest in the Society's work. On 

 more than one occasion during the past session the room, which holds 

 250, has been quite full, and at no time did the attendance fall below 

 50. This shows that our Society is in a very healthy state. It speaks 

 well for the members generally that they turn out as they do to these 

 meetings, and the regular and large attendances must be accounted 

 good evidence that the lectures were of a superior order. Thirteen 

 ordinary fortnightly meetings have been held during the Session, at 

 which 16 papers or lectures have been given, all by members of the 

 Society. These were as follows : — 



1878. 

 9tli Oct. —Notes on an ancient " KitcJien 



Mklden" found at Stannev- 



gale, By James Ddrham, F.G.S. 



„ — Notes on the Discovery of Stone 



Cists and an Urn at Stanncr- 



gate, ,, Allan Mathewson, C.M.S.A. 



Scot, 



