their congratulations to the promoters, and to express their good wishes 

 for its success. 



The Council. 



The motions, of which notice was given at last Anniial Meeting, 

 providing for an addition of six to the number of Ordinary Councillors, 

 and for giving the Convener of the Transactions Committee a seat on 

 the Council as Honorary Editor, fall to be discussed and disposed of at 

 this Meeting. If these motions are accepted, it will be seen that seven 

 Councillors will be required in addition to the usual number recom- 

 mended in the Ballot List, and the election of these additional 

 Councillors will be proceeded with at once. 



Annual Dinner. 



Members are reminded of the Annual Dinner to be held in the 

 Royal Hotel this evening, at six o'clock, under the presidency of the 

 Earl of Mansfield. 



The Report was unanimously adopted. 



Finances of the Society. 



Mr John Methven, Edinburgh, Convener of the Finance Com- 

 mittee, presented the Accounts for the Year, which had previously 

 been printed and circulated amongst the Members. (An Abstract 

 of the Accounts will be found in Appendix A.) Mr Methven, in 

 moving the approval of the Report, pointed out that the balance 

 on the capital account was £735, 6s. 5d., of which ,£622, 13s. 9d. 

 was invested in names of the Trustees, and that the balance on 

 the revenue account amounted to £315, 8s. 6d., which was, 

 however, subject to the payment of the balance of the cost and 

 the postage of the Transactions for 1901, estimated at £37. 

 He said their finances were in an exceedingly satisfactory 

 condition. 



Mr Alex. Milne, Edinburgh, seconded the motion, which was 

 agreed to. 



Excursion Fund. 



The following Abstract of Accounts for the past year was 

 submitted by the Secretary : — 



