Owing to a combination of several unfortunate circumstances, tlie 

 Transactions for the year 1873 were not publislieci in the May Term. 



To these are now added the Transactions for 1874. The Society as a 



"whole did not do miich work in that year ; but the paper by E. Montgomery, 



and his map of Unst, not only the geology but also the tojjogi'aphy of which 



are entirely his own work, confer a distuict lustre on its proceedings. It is 



pleasant, too, to insert the paper by "W. A. Smith, O.C. — an evidence that our 



old members bear us in mind. 



G. H. W. 



Michaelmas. 1875. 



