REPORT. 



In presenting the Tenth Annual Report of this Society your Council 

 would cordially congratulate the Members on the very satisfactory 

 completion of the tirst decade of the Society's existence. When 

 ten years ago it was organised by a few enthusiastic Naturalists 

 it was, we dare say, little thought that such a Society would 

 grow to its present proportions, or occupy the position it now 

 does in Dundee. 



During the past year the proceedings have been both profitable and 

 agreeable to all those concerned in them. 



There were in all five Summer Excursions arranged for last year, 

 as under : — 



All of these came off very satisfactorily — many marine and other 

 specimens being obtained, and there is good reason to believe that, 

 apart from special work in this direction, the quiet observation of 

 Nature, and the mutual aid in the better understanding of natural 

 objects afforded by these Excursions, leads to a considerable amount 

 of profitable enjoyment. It is, therefore, to be hoped that the 

 expeditions will continue to remain popular, and that increased 

 numbers will take advantage of their many benefits. 



The work of the Winter Session was inaugurated by a Conversa- 

 zione of Members and their friends in the Picture Galleries of the 

 Albert Institute. Although it was not the aim of the Council, 

 as in some previous years, to bring together a very large special 

 collection either of scientific apparatus or Natural History objects 

 for exhibition, yet, thanks to the local Telephone Company, the 

 Northern Electric Light Company, Mr Lowdon, and others, a 

 goodly number of scientific novelties were exhibited ; and the 

 Society's Museum in the upper rooms of the Institute having, 

 after last year's extensions and alterations, been again got into 

 order, was brilliantly lighted by incandescent electric lamps, and 



