II.— STATEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



According to the statement of tbe Treasurer of the Society, the list 

 of Members for the past Session h.as been considerably larger than in 

 any previous year, the number enrolled having been 176. The number 

 of tickets of admission disposed of to Ladies and young persons has been 

 126. 



The programme of Lectures, Papers, and Readings delivered during 

 the session has been as follows ; — 



Lectdees in Series : — Two by Professor Cosmo Innes of Edinburgh, on " The 

 Origin of the Upper Classes of Lowland Scotland," and on " Bruce and Eoyal Life 

 in his Period," — the latter, by the kind permission of the author, having been 

 afterwards printed for the nse of the Members ; Four by Dr A. T. Machattie, of 

 Glasgow, on " Gunpowder, Gun Cotton, and other Explosives used in War," on 

 "The Death and Decay of Plants and Animals," and, in two parts, on "The 

 Chemistry of Food;" Three by Professor Robert Grant, of Glasgow, on "The 

 Astronomy of the Fixed Stars ;" and Four by Mr David Gregorson, "Introductory 

 to the Study of Botany." 



Single Lectures AND Papers :— On "Glass Painting, "by Mr C. Heath Wilson; 

 on " The Faroe Islands," by Mr H. L. Tennent ; on " The Genius and Poetry of 

 Robert Browning," by Mr Quintin Bone; on " The Waterworks of Ancient and 

 Modern Times," by Mr W. Robertson Copland, C.E., Paisley; on "Aspects of 

 Nature and Society in Norway," by Rev. John Nelson ; on " Sir Isaac Newton," 

 by Rev. Dr J. M. M'Culloch ; on " Plato and his Writings," by Dr W. J. Marshall ; 

 ' ' A Brief Notice of the Life and Works of John Gait, with Readings, from Sir 

 Andrew Wi/lie," by Mr Allan Park Pa ton. 



Dramatic Readings :— Three from the Works of Dickens, by Mr G. W. 

 Baynham ; and one from the Poets, Humorists, and Dramatists, by Mr H. Beatty 

 (Bland). 



Professor Grant will do us the favor, on an early evening, to allow 

 Members to pay a visit to the Observatory of which he is the Director ; 

 Mr Heath Wilson has kindly agreed, on a day to be afterwards fixed, 

 to accompany a party of ladies and gentlemen to examine the windows 

 of Glasgow Cathedral. Mr Gregorson is prepared shortly to conduct a 

 few Botanical excursions in our own neighbourhood ; and an arrange- 

 ment has been made with Mr Struthers to take charge of four Geological 

 excursions. 



A special acknowledgment is due to the Rev. Dr M'Culloch for the 

 extreme friendliness with which, at the invitation of the Committee, he 

 undertook to deliver a lecture, appropriate to the occasion, at the last 

 anniversary of Watt's birth. 



Every one will gladly join in the expression of cordial thanlis to 

 those members of the Society who have voluntarily brought forward so 

 many interesting papers during the past session. Under the system, 



