PROCEEDINGS AND TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



DUMFRIESSHIRE AND GALLOWAY 



NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUARIAN 

 SOCIETY. 



SESSION 1883-84. 



oth October, 1883. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



Dr J. Gilchrist, President, in tlie Cliair. 

 Twenty-five members present. 



Donations. — Tlie Secretary laid on the table Nos. 6, 7, and 8 

 of the Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences and 

 Part 7 of the Transactions of the Essex Field Club. Mr 

 M'Andrew, V.P., presented 500 specimens of Mosses, Hepatics, 

 and Lichens ; Mr M'Dowall intimated that he had received from 

 Mr Dinwiddie, of New York, two small objects of Egyptian 

 antiquity for the Society. 



Exhibits. — Mr Wilson, V.P., exhibited 30 specimens of the 

 rarer plants found by him during the past season. One of tl)ese 

 was the American pond-weed, Elodia canadensis, which is now 

 very abundant in the Nith, and spreading rapidly. He also 

 exhibited a piece of porphyry bored by Pholas dactylus and 

 several shells of this moUusk, and briefly described the different 

 theories respecting the way in which the lioles were made. 



Secretary's Report. 



The Secretary (Mr J. Rutherford) submitted the following 

 Report for the past Session : — The number of members on the 

 roll at last annual meeting was 137. During the year 

 72 names were added, but owing to death and other causes 



