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SESSION 1885-86. 
Society's New Rooms, 2d October, 1885. 
ANNUAL MEETING. _ 
Dr Gricurist, President, in the Chair. Twenty members present. 
New Members.—Mr George Thomson, solicitor, Dumfries ; Mr 
R. P. Fotheringham, Dumfries ; Rev. R. F. Mullins, Dumfries ; 
Rey. J. H. Oswald, Miss Mounsie, Miss Nicholson, Thornhill ; 
Mr J. R. Wilson, Sanquhar; and Mr Lindsay, The Holm, 
Sanquhar. 
Donations.—Rev. Mr Weir presented, on behalf of the Presby- 
tery of Dumfries, two books, entitled “Scotia Illustrata sive 
Prodromus Historiz Naturalis” and “Insectorum sive Minimorum 
Animalium Theatrum” (1634). The Secretary laid on the table 
the Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society and of the 
Edinburgh Geographical Society, donations from these Societies ; 
Vol. V. of the United States Geological Survey, from the Smith- 
sonian Institution ; one part of the Microscopical Journal, and 
several parts of the Transactions of the Edinburgh Botanical 
Society from Dr Allan. 
Exhibits.—The Chairman exhibited a number of minerals and 
specimens of rocks and some plants collected by him in the north 
of Scotland in the preceding summer. 
SECRETARY’S REPORT. 
The Secretary (Mr J. Wilson) submitted the following report: 
—In presenting this general report for the past session, I am 
happy to state that the Society has ever been mindful of the 
objects for which it was instituted, and has attended to them 
with some degree of success, as will be seen from the various 
details which we now submit. 
At the Annual Meeting last year there were 204 names on the 
roll, comprising 4 life, 182 ordinary, and 18 honorary members. 
During the session 1 life member, 9 ordinary, and 2 honorary 
members’ names were added, but 26 were removed—6 by death, 
and 20 others due to removal from the district, resignation, or 
