Mr Methven mentioned that there was payable out of the 

 balance carried forward the postages and the balance of the cost 

 of the Transactions for 1900, amounting together to about £40. 



The Accounts were approved of. 



Excursion Fund. 



The Secretary submitted the following Abstract of Accounts 

 for the past year : — 



RECEIPTS. 



On the motion of Mr D. P. Laird, Convener of the Excursion 

 Committee, the Accounts were approved of. 



Chairman's Remarks. 



The Chairman, in the course of his remarks on the year's work, 

 said it seemed to him that the Report read by Mr Galloway was 

 satisfactory. 



They had not done very much during the year in Essays. The 

 Committee and Judges were rather disappointed that only three 

 papers should have been sent in. They were persuaded there 

 was a wealth of resource in the way of writing ability in the 

 Society, if it were only properly developed, and the Committee 

 hoped that Members would give their best attention to the Essay 

 Competitions instituted from time to. time. 



He was sorry, and they were all sorry, that there should have 

 been any trouble over the Malcolm Dunn Memorial. As Con- 



