206 Annual Business Meeting. [Sess. 1895-96. 



ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. 



The Annual Meeting was held at 20 George Street on the 

 evening of October 28, — Dr Davies, President, in the chair. 



Before commencing the business, the President announced 

 the death, on the previous evening, of Mr Andrew Moffat, late 

 Secretary of the Society ; and the Hon. Secretary was instructed 

 to send a letter of sympathy to his widow and family. 



The following Eeport was then read by the Secretary : — 



During the past session there have been in all 22 meetings of the 

 Society, 6 of which were indoor and 16 were field meetings. The 

 attendance at the former was undoubtedly better than that of the previ- 

 ous session. The papers read at the evening meetings were, with one 

 exception, by members, and many were of local interest. The aggregate 

 attendance at the field meetings was 332, giving an average of more than 

 20 at each meeting. Greater interest has been taken this season in the 

 work of these excursions, and a start, if nothing more, has been made with 

 the working up of the flora of the county in a more systematic way than 

 has hitherto been done. It is hoped that members will come forward in 

 greater numbers to assist the Committees appointed for this purpose. 



Since the list of members was printed last year, 24 names have been 

 withdrawn from the roll and 21 new names added, giving at the close of 

 the Session 1895-96 a total of ordinary members of 145. 



The Treasurer's statement of income and expenditure for 

 the year showed a balance carried forward of £32, 7s. Id., 

 being a larger sum than in any year since the formation of 

 the Society. The Hon. Treasurer, Mr Wm. Coats, was awarded 

 a vote of thanks for his services during the past two years. 



The Office-bearers for next Session were then appointed, as 

 follows : The President, Secretary, and Editor were re-elected ; 

 Messrs Kilgour, Wright, and Day were elected Vice-Presi- 

 dents ; Mr J. J. Macdonald was elected Treasurer, in room of 

 Mr Coats, resigned ; and the vacancies in the Council were 

 filled up by the election of Mrs Ealph Eichardson, Miss M. 

 M'Kean, and Messrs Cleland, Coats, Hewat, Pittendrigh, and 

 Eupert Smith. 



The Microscopical Section of the Society having arranged 

 to resume practical work, Mr W. C. Crawford, as Convener of 

 the section, made a statement as to what was proposed to be 

 done during the winter, — intimating at the same time that 

 the use of his private laboratory was freely offered to the 

 members for these meetings. 



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