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crops in the old world. He also exhibited several contorted 
stones resembling fishes, and said they were due to the same 
causes as the specimens exhibited by Mr Johnstone. 
SECRETARY'S REPORT. 
The Hon. Secretary (Mr J. Wilson) submitted the following 
report :—The Secretary’s annual report for the session which has 
now closed may be considered of some importance, as it gives a 
general statement of the present Society’s doings for the 10th 
year of its existence, and forms a good indicator of its life and 
utility. 
At the Annual Meeting last year our membership numbered 
190, comprising 5 life, 165 ordinary, and 20 honorary members. 
Since then 1] names have been taken off the roll—3 members hay- 
ing died, 1 resigned, and 7 removed from this district ; and 34 new 
members’ names have been added, which make a net total of 213, 
being the largest number on record, and now includes 5 life, 187 
ordinary, and 21 honorary members. 
In addition to the seven ordinary Winter Meetings and the 
five Field Meetings, four special ones have been held, at which 
lectures on subjects within the scope of the Society were given. 
At the ordinary Winter Meetings 15 papers by different 
members were read and discussed, the majority of which were 
confined to special subjects relating to the Society’s field of 
action. These papers are of great practical value, and the 
writers thereof deserve commendation for thus advancing the 
aims of this Society by investigating the local antiquities, as 
well as recording the Flora and Fauna of the district In addi- 
tion to hearing papers read at these meetings, members had an 
opportunity of inspecting many rare exhibits, which formed an 
interesting feature in the programme. The five Field Meetings 
proved both instructive and enjoyable to the members and their 
friends who took part in them. One of these requires special 
notice, for on the 5th June a joint excursion of the Scottish 
Natural History Club and this Society was held at Lochmaben, 
at which there were more than 50 members present. 
The average attendances at these meetings were 33:1 for the 
winter and 29:4 for the summer—the former being larger than 
last year’s and the latter slightly under, those being 32:1 and 30:1 
respectively. These figures may be regarded as very small con- 
sidering the number of members in the Society, but owing to so 
