150 Annual Business Meeting. [Sess. 1894-95. 



ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. 



The Annual Business Meeting of the Society was held on the 

 evening of October 30, at 20 George Street, — Dr T. B. Sprague, 

 President, in the Chair. The Secretary read the following 

 Report : — 



The past Session has been a fairly successful one in the history of the 

 Society. The membership, although far from what it might be, is on the 

 increase, and the meetings have been well attended. The papers read were, 

 with one exception, by members of the Society, and nearly all of them 

 were of local interest. They were 18 in number — 15 in the department of 

 Natural History, 2 in Geology, and 1 in Microscopy. 



Besides the usual indoor meetings held during the winter, the following 

 14 excursions were made : Auchencorth Moss, Roslin and Polton, Joppa, 

 Leith Walk Nurseries, Burntisland to Seafield, Blackford Hill and the 

 Braids, Gordon Moss, Dredging excursion on the Forth, Leith to Portobello, 

 East Wemyss to Buckhaven, Arthur's Seat, Falkland Palace and Maspie 

 Den, Davidson's Mains marl-pit, and Duddingston. The average attend- 

 ance at these excursions was 17 — the smallest number being 3 to Gordon 

 Moss, and the highest 53 to Blackford Hill, which was in the evening. 



The members of Council who retire at this time are the President, Senior 

 Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Editor of the ' Transactions,' and the 

 four senior ordinary members of Council. The President having in- 

 timated that he would not seek re-election, it was recommended that Dr 

 Davies be elected in his stead ; that Mr Crawford be elected Senior Vice- 

 President, and Messrs Kilgour and Wright Vice-Presidents ; that the 

 Secretary, Treasurer, and Editor of ' Transactions ' be re-elected ; and Mrs 

 Sprague and Messrs Symington Grieve, Masterton, Gloag, and Wood be 

 elected to fill the vacancies in the Council. 



The above recommendation of the Council was unanimously 

 adopted. 



The Treasurer then read his annual balance-sheet, which 

 showed a surplus of £18, 2s. 5d. It was also intimated that 

 there had been contributed during the year towards the fund 

 for the publication of the 'Transactions' the sum of £18, 14s. 



