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Trausactioiks. 



Tkeasukeu's Report. 

 The Treasui-er (Mr James Lennox) submitted his annual state- 

 ment, showing the Income and Expenditureto be as follows : — 



Income. 



Balance from Session 



1883-84 £25 12 3^ 



140 Subscriptions at 2/6... 17 10 



1 4 6 



EXPENDITITRE. 



Printingof Transactions. .£14 15 

 Excavations at the Old 



Bridge ... 

 Bain's Calendar of Docu 



ments (2 vols.) 

 Printing of Circulars, &c 

 Secretary's Outlay 

 Treasurer's Outlay 

 Balance due Society — 



In Bank 



In Treasurer's hands 



"Audited and found correct." — (Signed) Wm. Bailey, 



This report was unanimously adopted, and the Treasurer was 

 also thanked for his honorary services. 



Election of Office-Bearers. — The following were elected office- 

 bearers and members of committee :■ — President, Dr Gilchrist ; 

 Vice-presidents, Messrs J. H. Gibson Starke, J. Barbour, W. 

 M'Dowall, and F. R. Coles ; Secretary, Mr J. Wilson; Assistant 

 Secretary, Mr R. Barbour; Treasurer, Mr J. Lennox; Committee, 

 Major Bowden, Dr J. Cunningham, Messrs J. Rutherford, R. 

 Murray, T. "Watson, A. Innes, J. Neilson, J. Maxwell, J. 

 Davidson, and J. W. Dods. 



Notice to alter Rule I. — Mr J. Lennox gave notice that at next 

 meeting he would move that tlie name of the Society be made 

 shorter, by omitting the word " Scientific " in the title, as is 

 stated in Rule I. 



Periodicals, die. — Proposals to purchase some periodicals and to 

 hold more frequent meetings were remitted to the Committee 

 with power to be dealt witli. 



Qth November, 1885. 



Mr Coles, Vice-President, in the chair. Thirty-five Members 

 present. 

 New Members. — Messrs J. Symons, J. R. Macdonald, C. S. 

 Phyn, J. W. Whitelaw, and S. Grierson, Dumfries ; J. Wallace, 

 Auchenbrack, Tliornhill ; James Paterson, Moniaive ; and H. 

 A. Macqueen, Thornhill. 



