4 Transactions. 
Glasgow Geological Society, its Transactions to date, and a Cata- 
logue of the Western Scottish Fossils; Mr W. J. Maxwell, a fine 
specimen of the great buzzard. 
The Society has made another valuable addition to its library 
by purchasing the Micrographie Dictionary, and to its Museum 
Timothy Pont’s maps of Dumfriesshire and Galloway. It pur- 
chases ‘Science Gossip” and the “Scottish Naturalist” periodi- 
cals when published. 
All the above books and periodicals have been freely 
circulated among the members, and the more important have been 
in use since the Society acquired them. 
The Proceedings and Transactions of this Society have not 
yet been published, but they are ready for the printer when 
desirable. 
I have already referred to the death of three members, but this 
report would be incomplete were I to allow the subject to 
pass without further notice. The first deceased was our 
late President, Dr Gilchrist, who had taken such an im- 
portant part in the founding, not only of this Society in 
1876, but of the older one in 1862, and through whose 
unwearied exertion and zeal, the present Society exists, and 
for the time, the older Society had its being. Although we 
miss Dr Gilchrist at our meetings, and especially the field 
meetings, we shall never forget the kind and encouraging words 
which he had for every beginner in natural history studies. Mr 
Adamson, a former treasurer of the Society, took an active part 
in its affairs since its formation, and when he presented the 
Annual Balance Sheet his humorous and pithy remarks were 
always appreciated by the members. Miss Chrystie, who was the 
first lady member, took a keen interest in Botany, and was always 
present at our meetings until her failing health rendered this 
impossible. In these three prominent members the Society has 
sustained a very severe loss. 
On the motion of Mr Robert Murray, the report was cordially 
approved, and the Secretary awarded the thanks of the Society 
for his honorary services during the past year. 
TREASURER’S REPORT. 
The Treasurer (Mr J. Lennox) explained that owing to the 
large number of subscriptions being in arrear, the Committee had 
decided that his Annual Report be held over until the November 
