204 Proceedings of the Wernerian Societij. 



The Committees were appointed on 9th January last, to examine the 

 communications presented to the Society in consequence of their offer of 

 honorary Premiums for the best Geological Report of the Lothians, and best 

 Account of the Fishes of the district of the Forth ; and having considered 

 the recommendation of the Council, that the Premiums should be awarded if 

 the communications were found meritorious, even althougli there should be 

 no proper competition, — unanimously agree to report to the Society, 1. That 

 the honorary Premium of Twenty Sovereigns, or a piece of Plate of that va- 

 lue, should be awarded to Robert James Hay Cunningham, Esq., for his Ac- 

 count of the Lothians, with Maps, Sections, and Specimens ; it being under- 

 stood that the Author will, at his conveniency, furnish the Society with a 

 particular account of the Faults, Organic Remains, and Mines of the district ; 

 and, 2. That the honorary Premium of Ten Sovereigns, or a piece of Plate 

 of that value, should be awarded to Dr Richard Parnell, — upon a selection 

 from the dried Specimens submitted to the Society on 30th April last, and 

 containing such species as are mentioned by the Author as new to the district, 

 or which may be considered in any way doubtful, being presented for the Mu- 

 seum of Ihe Society. 



The following getitlemen were elected Office-bearers of the So- 

 ciety for 1837:— 



President. 

 Robert Jajieson, Esq. F. R.S.L. and E., Regius Professor of Natural History 

 in the University of Edinburgh. 

 Vice-Presidents. 

 T. S. Traill, M.D., F.R.S.E. Robert Stevenson, Esq. F.R.S E. 

 John Coldstream, M.D. David Falconar, Esq. 



Secretary — Patrick Neill LL.D, F.R.S.E. 

 Assistant Secretary. — T. J. Torrie, Esq. F.R.S.E. 



Treasurer A. G. Ellis, Esq. Librarian James Wilson, Esq. F.R.S.E. 



Painter. — P. Syme, Esq. Assistant Painter. — W. H. Townsenij, Esq. 

 Council. 

 James Young, Esq. Walter Adam, M.D, F.R.C.P. 



William Copland, Esq. F.R.S.E. William Macdonald, M.D., F.R.S.E. 

 R. K. Greville, LL.D.,F.R,S.E. Martin Barry, M.D., F.R.S.E. 

 John Sligo, Esq. F.R.S.E. R. J. H. Cunningham, Esq. 



At the same meeting, the following gentlemen were elected 

 members of the Society : — 



Dr Robert Paterson, Leith. 



Captain Henry Drummond, H.E.I.C. Service. 



AVilliam Stanger, Esq., Wisbeach. 



At this meeting, Dr Paterson gave an account of the fossil fishe.^ 

 found in the strata belonging to the coal formation at the beach 

 between Newhaven and Granton ; illustrating his communication 

 by specimens. And Dr Traill read a notice regarding the poison- 

 ous bug of Persia ; and exhibited specimens sent home by Dr Bell 

 from Miana. 



