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should be held as presented and read. In answer to Mr GrorcE 
Fraser, Edinburgh, Mr Wetsu, the Convener of the Finance 
Committee, mentioned that the advisability of apportioning the 
accounts between Capital and Revenue, and the question of the 
appointment of new trustees, and investment of the Funds of 
the Society, were being considered by the Council. The Accounts, 
of which the following is a short abstract, were approved of :— 
INCOME. EXPENDITURE. 
Ordinary Subscriptions, . £17013 0 1. Printing and Station- 
ery; Bea ie 
: Sait 2 Less Receipts 
Life Subscriptions, . : 92 8 0 4c Adeadiee 
Donation, . . . Ons mee ‘ ; ae eet £44 16 10 
: 2. Prizes, : : : OP UNnO 
Transactions sold, . . 612 6 | 3. Expenses of Management, . 76 1 
Balance of Income over Ex- 
Bank Interest, . : 013 9 penditure, . . *. 142 1410 
£271 13 11 £271 18 11 
The total funds of the Society at 3lst December 1896 
amounted to £285, 5s. 8d., and the arrears of subscriptions 
to £37, 19s. 6d. 
Excursion Funp. 
The Secretary next read the Accounts in connection with the 
Excursions to Germany in 1895, and to the Forth and Loch 
Lomond Districts last year, which showed that although there had 
been a small deficit on the 1895 account, there was now a 
balance in hand of £3, 8s. 9d. He explained that out of this 
sum there would have to be paid the cost of the usual 
presentation copies of last year’s Excursion Report, and that 
the balance would be carried forward to next year. The 
Accounts were approved of. 
ELECTION OF OFFICE-BEARERS. 
On the motion of Colonel Bailey, Mr Munro Fereuson was 
re-elected President. Mr ALExanpER Mune, Edinburgh, and 
Mr Cuaries BucHanan, Penicuik, having been nominated as 
Vice-Presidents, Mr W. H. Massie, Edinburgh, nominated 
Mr James Kay, Bute, in opposition to Mr Minne. On a vote 
being taken, Mr Mine received the support of a majority of 
