PROCEEDINGS AND TRANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
DUMFRIESSHIRE AND GALLOWAY 
NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUARIAN 
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5th October, 1883. 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
Dr J. Giucurist, President, in the Chair. 
Twenty-five members present. 
Donations.—-The 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. 
Lxhibits.—Mr Wilson, V.P., exhibited 30 specimens of the 
rarer plants found by him during the past season. One of these 
was the American pond-weed, Hlodia 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 mollusk, and briefly described the different 
theories respecting the way in which the holes 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 
