While oongratulating the Society upon its continued progress, and thanking 

 those gentlemen who have contributed papers, the Committee have to notice v^.th 

 regret that Dr. Nelson, one of the occupants of the Vice Chair, has been com- 

 pelled by indisposition to resign his active duties for a time. Dr. Nelson has 

 always been a warm friend of the Society, and the paper which he contributed 

 this Session, the Committee are aware, was read at great personal inconvenience 

 to himself, and just when he was on the point of starting on a foreign tour which 

 he was recommended to take by medical advice. The Committee desire to 

 express the hope that Dr. Nelson may soon return fully convalescent, and that 

 the Society may upon some future occasion, as they have in the pa»t, benefit by 

 his observation and experienae abroad. 



The Committee feel called upon to advert to the loss tho Society has sus- 

 tained by the death of Mr. Claud Marshall. Mr. Marshall always took a deep and 

 cordial interest in the affairs of the Society ; and two Sessions ago he contributed 

 two most valuable paper, on the Greek Tragic Drama. In a commercial com- 

 munity like Greenock it is somewhat rare to meet with a mind of such culture as 

 Mr. Marshall's, and the Committee, as well as all who knew Mr. Marshall, must 

 feel that by his demise learning and benevolence have lost a friend. 



Tho office-bearers who retire are:- Mr. William M'Clure, one of the vice- 

 presidenU; Mr. George R. MDougall. treasurer; Mr. James (ilon, secretary ; 

 and Messrs John Erskine, Benjamin Noble, Samuel Nicol. Robert Young, and M. 

 F. Dunlop, members of committee. 



OFFICE-BEARERS FOR SESSION 1872-73. 



President— J AUBS MiLLEB, Esq. 



Vice-Presidents— B.eT. John Nelson, D.D., and John C. Hunter, Esq. 



Treasurer— ^la. Geo. R. M'Douoall. 



Secretary— Mr James Glen. 



Committee. 



Messrs T. R. Ogilvie. 



T. L. PxTTERiON. 



R. H. HocsTOS. 

 J. G. Alexander. 

 Donald M'Donald. 

 Frederick Johnston. 

 W. K. Oliphant. 

 Samuel Stewart. 



Messrs Duoald M'Eachran. 

 Thomas Prentice. 

 Wm. M'Clure. 

 Alex. Scott, Jr. 

 John Kinloch. 

 a. s. mories. 

 James Slater, Jr , B A. 



HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Archd. Geikie, F.R.S., F.Q.S. 

 John Staw. 



G. Greville Williams, F.R.S. 

 Richard Chalmers. 

 Edward Caird, B.A. 



James B. Stephens. 

 David Hill. 

 Cosmo Innes, M.A. 

 Robert Morton, B.A. 

 J. Clerk Maxwell, F.R.S.I. 



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