II4 Annual Business Meeting. [Sess. 1893-94- 



ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. 



The Annual Business Meeting of the Society was held at 

 20 George Street, on the evening of October 26— Dr Sprague, 

 President in the chair. Mr Moffat having intimated that he 

 would not seek re-election as Secretary and Treasurer, it was 

 resolved to take this opportunity of disjoining the two offices ; 

 and Mr A. B. Steele was then appointed as Secretary and Mr 

 Wm Coats as Treasurer. Dr Sprague was re-elected Presi- 

 dent, and Dr Davies and Mr W. C. Crawford, M.A., Vice- 

 Presidents Mr John Lindsay was re-elected Editor of the 

 ' Transactions ' of the Society and Librarian. For the vacancies 

 in the Council the following were elected— viz, Messrs Day, 

 He^ie and Kankin ; with Mrs Carphin and Mrs Bryden, who 

 are the first ladies elected to this office in the history of the 

 Society. The auditors appointed were Messrs R. C. Millar, 

 C.A, and J. T. Mack. The balance in hand, after paying all 

 outstanding accounts, was reported to be £2, 5s. It was re- 

 solved to ask the members to contribute to a special Publica- 

 tion Fund, and to continue the publication of the ' Transac- 

 tions ' from the last published Part to the present date. 



The following motion was moved, seconded, and unani- 

 mously adopted! " That this Association desires to take the 

 opportunity of Mr Moffat demitting the office of Secretary 

 and Treasurer, which he has held for more than twenty years, 

 to record their recognition of his long and valuable services to 

 the Society, and to elect him an Honorary Member." 



It was intimated that six indoor and eleven outdoor meet- 

 ings of the Society had been held during the session. The 

 following are the dates and localities of the excursions : April 

 26 New Hailes; May 5, Eoslin Glen; May 12, Eatho ; May 

 19' Kirkcaldy; May 26, Donibristle ; June 2, Dalmeny and 

 Hopetoun (driving); June 16, Elie ; June 23, St Andrews; 

 June 30, North Queensferry ; July 7, Balerno ; July 14, 

 Gosford. 



