116 Minutes of Meeting. 



From this there fall to be deducted from present Roll — 



In arrear two years, 7 



Left Glasgow, 8 



Dead, 3 



Placed on non-resident list, 3 



29 



On the List for 1857-58 291 



Of the above 291, there are 5 members in an-ear of one year's daes. 



Mr. Cockey, iii absence of the Librarian, stated that the number of 

 volumes in the Libraiy is now 2,701. 



The Society remitted to the Council to take into considei'ation the 

 propriety of increasing the insurance on the books and other property. 



The Society then proceeded to the Fifty-Sixth Annual Election of 

 Office-bearers. 



Mr. Murray moved the re-election of Professor William Thomson as 

 President ; and of Mr. James Brj'ce as Vice-President ; the election 

 of Mr. Robert Hart as the second Vice-President ; and the re-election 

 of Mr. Cockey, Treasurer ; Mr. Hastie and Mr. Keddie, Secretaries ; 

 and Dr. Anderson, Librarian. 



The motion was seconded by Mi-. Crum, and carried by acclamation. 



Mr. Robert Blackie moved, in accordance with a suggestion from the 

 Council, that the Society should pass from that part of the rule of 

 election requii'ing that the whole twelve members of Council be elected 

 every j'ear, and only elect four members in room of the four retiring 

 from the top of the list, and a fifth in place of Mr. Hart, appointed one 

 of the Vice-Presidents. Mr. Blackie stated that this was the practical 

 result of the rule from year to year, four new members being elected, 

 and the other eight re-elected. He further proposed that the Society 

 should conform the rule to the practice, and gave notice of his intention 

 to move at next meeting to delete, in the Ride of Election, the woi'ds, 

 " Of the twelve retii-ing members of Council, four shall not be re-eligible 

 till they have been out of office for one year ;" and substitute the follow- 

 ing for the last clause of the rule : — " The four Councillors at the top 

 of the list to retu'e and be ineligible till they have been out of office 

 for one year." 



The proposal to limit the present election to five members was 

 agreed to. 



Mr. Robert Mackay and Mr. Michael Connal were appointed Scru- 

 tineers of the election, and retired to examine the voting papers. 



Mr. Keddie read a report on the state and progress of the IJotanic 



