PROCEEDINGS OP THE SOCIETY. 363 



SPECIAL MEETING TO CELEBRATE THE JUBILEE OF 

 THE SOCIETY. 



4th December, 1901. 



The Jubilee of the Natural History Society of Glasgow was 

 celebrated this evening in the Masonic Hall, West Regent Street. 

 There was a large company of ladies and gentlemen, including 

 many representatives from kindred societies and other bodies. 

 The proceedings took the fomi of a conversazione, the guests 

 being welcomed by the President, and tea being served 

 between seven and eight o'clock. The hall was artistically 

 decorated with a fine floral display, under the direction of 

 Mr. Whitton, Superintendent of the Park^ belonging to the 

 Corporation of Glasgow. In the smaller hall downstairs there 

 was an important and interesting exhibition of natural 

 history specimens, which engaged the attention of the guests 

 for a considerable time. Messrs. Charles Kirk, John Paterson, 

 and Henry M'CuUoch displayed a fine ornithological collection; 

 the Marine Biological Association of the West of Scotland sent 

 up from Millport a beautiful series of marine objects, under the 

 superintendence of Mr. Alex. Gray, the Curator of the Robertson 

 Museum; and Mrs. David Robertson contributed a fine exhibition 

 of seaweeds from Cumbrae and elsewhere. 



At eight o'clock the President, Mr. Alex. Somerville, B.Sc, 

 F.L.S., took the chair, and among other ladies and gentlemen 

 on the platform there were — Lord and Lady Kelvin; the Lord 

 Provost of Glasgow (Mr. Samuel Chishohn, LL.D.); Sir John 

 Murray, K.C.B., of the " Challenger " Expedition ; Professor J. G. 

 M'Kendrick, F.R.S., Glasgow University; Mr. C. E. Borchgrevink, 

 the Antarctic exjDlorer; Dr. James F. Gemmill, President of the 

 Marine Biological Association; and Mr. Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., 

 President of the Pertlishire Society of Natural Science. At 

 intervals during the evening music was rendered by several 

 ladies. 



Mr. Somerville then delivered an address as follows : — My 

 Lord Provost, my Lord Kelvin, Ladies and Gentlemen, — It is 

 indeed a pleasure to look upon the faces of so many invited 

 guests who have come tonight to our gathering. I have already 



