REPORT. 



Youi" Council have much pleasure in laying before you the T\velfth 

 Annual Report. 



At the last Annual Meeting the formation of the East of Scotland 

 Union of Naturalists' Societies was announced, and its aims and 

 methods of work explained. Shortly thereafter, on the 6th of June, 

 the first General Meeting was held in University College, Dundee. 



A suggestive address Avas delivered by Dr Buchanan White, F.L.S., 

 and preliminary Eeports were read, indicating the present state of our 

 knowledge of the Zoology, Botany, Geology, and Meteorology of this 

 district, and making suggestions as to the lines of future work. These 

 have since been printed, and form a most useful and necessary volume 

 for aU interested in the Natural History of the East of Scotland. 



On the evening of the Meeting a Conversazione was given in the 

 Albert Institute by your Society, to which the Members of the Union 

 and others were invited. The attendance was very large, many workers 

 in the neighbouring Societies embracing the opportunity afforded of 

 meeting one another. They were welcomed by your President, and 

 several admirable addresses were given on Scientific subjects by dis- 

 tinguished Naturalists. Goodly collections of Chemical and Physical 

 Apparatus, and of Biological and Geological specimens, were exhibited, 

 Members of the Society taking much trouble, not only in arrajiging but 

 in describing or explaining, throughout the evening. The music, 

 orchestral and vocal, was evidently much appreciated, and added greatly 

 to the harmony of the meeting. 



Your Council desire here to express their great indebtedness to all 

 who aided them in the work connected with this Conversazione ; and 

 again they feel compelled to remind you of the great pains taken by Mr 

 A. C. Lamb in the very successful organization and carrying out of all 



