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interests of the Society. The Proposer and Seconder 

 shall be responsible for payment of the new Member's 

 first Subscription. 



It was intimated that Mr Clark had withdi'awn his motion 

 regarding the establishment of Branches of the Society. 



Notices of Motion. 



Mr George Fraser, Factor, Dalzell, Motherwell, gave notice 

 of the following motion : — 



That at all General Meetings of the Society the Members 

 shall be entitled to vote by proxy. 



Exhibit. 



Sir James Gibson Craig, of Riccarton, exhibited a section of 

 a very fine Scots Fir, believed to be 270 years old, which had 

 recently been blown down in his policies, and a vote of thanks 

 was accorded to him for his very interesting exhibit. 



Other Votes of Thanks. 



Votes of thanks were also accorded to Colonel Bailey, the 

 retiring President, for his services to the Society during the 

 past year ; to the Honorary Secretary and the Secretary and 

 Treasurer ; to the donors of Books and Pamphlets to the 

 Library; and to the Earl of Mansfield, the President-elect, 

 for presiding, which concluded the business. 



At the close of the business Colonel Bailey gave a short 

 account of his recent visit to Canada, illustrated by limelight 

 views, and a very hearty vote of thanks was accorded to him 

 for his lecture l and exhibition. 



THE ANNUAL DINNER. 



After the Meeting the Members and their friends dined 

 together in the Royal British Hotel. The Earl of Mansfield, 

 President of the Society, was Chairman, and Colonel Bailey and 

 Mr W. M. Welsh, Vice-Presidents, were Croupiers. The com- 



1 The lecture is printed in Vol. XVI. of the Transactions. 



