the arrangements of the evening. The Society, indeed, owes Mr Lamb 

 a deep debt of gratitude for this as for similar and previous labours on 

 their behalf. 



On the day following the Meeting two excursions were made by 

 Members — one a Dredging Expedition to the Bell Rock and St Andrews 

 Bay, under the direction of Drs Buchanan White and Rorie ; the other, 

 Botanical and Geological, to the Lochs of Eescobie and Reswallie, with 

 Professor Trail and Mr Graham as leaders. Though rather early in the 

 season, yet each excursion was fruitful of a considerable number of 

 interesting forms, which were exhibited in the Society's Museum in the 

 evening. To the Botanical and Geological party Mr Powrie of Reswallie 

 very kindly showed his splendid and unique collection of old red sand- 

 stone fossils, and further earned the gratitude of the excursionists by 

 placing boats on Rescobie Loch at their disposal. The two days' 

 meetings, your Council has every reason to believe, were enjoyed by all 

 who took a part in them, and will have, it is to be hoped, a lasting 

 influence on the Scientific work of the Avhole district. 



It has now been arranged that the second Annual Meeting of the 

 Union be held in Kirkcaldy on the 4th September next, and it is to be 

 hoped tliat the Members of the Dundee Naturalists' Society will show 

 their interest in its work by their attendance on this occasion. 



Of the other excursions advertised for last summer that to Inver- 

 gowrie Bay did not come off, the Perthshire Society having fixed on a 

 very unsuitable day — that on which the Liberal Demonstration was held 

 in Dundee. The expedition to Ben Lawers and Ben More, although not 

 so large in point of numbers as it might have been, was still a most 

 successful one. Many rare plants were found, and a district was 

 explored which hitherto has been but little investigated. 



It having been felt by many that the Ordinary Meetings were suffering 

 in the matter of attendance through not being held in a room very 

 suitable for the purpose, your Council applied to the authorities of 

 University College, through Princii:)al Peterson, for permission to use 

 one of their class-rooms. This they very readily gave, placing the 

 Mathematical class-room at the disposal of the Society ; and to them, 

 as also to Professor Steggall, whose excellent class-room we used, your 

 Council feels greatly indebted. The increased attendance, especially 

 towards the end of our session, when Members became aware of the 

 great advantages of our new meeting place, may be taken as sufficient 

 proof of the desirability of the change. 



