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such as to do great credit not only to the Society, but to the capacity 

 and industry of the Members who gave them. In thanking these 

 Members for their services, the Committee would take leave to express 

 the hope that many others will in the next Session imitate their example. 

 The thanks of the Society are also due to Mr Salmon, C.E., and to Mr 

 Elder, of Knock Castle, who, during the course of the Session, read 

 admirable papers on subjects of much practical interest. Mr Ballantine, 

 the poet, has also in the kindest manner consented to rend a paper on 

 Jacobite Minstrelsy, but he has been unavoidably compelled to postpone 

 it till the 31st curt., when it will be read in the Temperance Institute. 



The Committee would take this opportunity of urging that an effort 

 should be made to increase the roll of Members. The membership is at 

 present almost stationary, but the Committee are satisfied that there are 

 many gentlemen in town whose names ought to be on the roll of the 

 Society. 



The Office-bearers who retire are the President, Dr Marshall, Mr Thos. 

 Prentice, one of the Vice-Presidents ; and Messrs MKellar, Mories, 

 UXeill, Johnston, and Hair, Members of Committee. To both Dr 

 Marshall and Mr Prentice the Society is much indebted for the deep and 

 active interest which during their term of office they have taken in its 

 business. 



OFFICE-BE AEERS FOR SESSION 1871-72. 



PresideTU—jAUEa MiLLEii, Esa. 



yice-PresiderUs—\yiLi.iAU M'CLtEB, Esq., and Rev. John Nelson, D.O. 



2>eusurer— Mh Gto. R. MacDouoall. 



Secretary — Mk James Glen. 



Committee. 



llesars Juh.n Erskine. 



Benjamin JS'oblb. 

 Samuel Nicol. 



RoBtKT YoUNO. 



M. F. DcNLop. 

 T. R. Ogilvie. 

 T. L. Pattekson. 

 K» H. Houston. 



Messrs J. G. Alexander. 



Donald Macdonald. 

 Fkederick Johnston. 

 w. k. ouphant. 

 Samuel Stewart. 



DUGALD M'EaCHKAN. 



Thomas Pubntice. 



