XXVIll PROCEEDINGS OF THE 
the Society, and they shall have no interest in its property. 
They shall pay the sum of five shillings on admission, and 
shall contribute five shillings annually thereafter, at the 
November meeting. They may also receive copies of the 
Transactions published subsequent to their admission, at 
prices to be fixed from time to time by the Council of the 
Society. 
2. The Society shall also have power to elect as Honorary 
Associates, on the recommendation of the Council, ladies or 
gentlemen who may have acquired a claim on the Society, 
by transmitting specimens or botanical communications, or 
for other reasons at the discretion of the Society. 
In the event of these new Laws being enacted : 
That the following words in Chapter 1, Law 3, be 
deleted :— 
“of Lady Members elected under the rule Chapter 
“TV. Section 6 hereof, and of Associates elected under 
“the rule Chapter IV. Section 5 hereof.” 
And that the following words be substituted :-— 
“of Associates and Honorary Associates elected 
“under the rule Chapter IV. Section 5 hereof, and of 
“ Lady Members elected under the rule Chapter IV. 
“ Section 6 hereof.” 
The PRESIDENT intimated the death of Mr. ROBERT 
PANTLING, elected an Associate in 1898. 
The PRESIDENT said that the Committee appointed last 
month to watch the interests of the Society at Blackford 
Hill quarry had sent petitions to the Town Council and 
to the County Council of Midlothian. 
The following communications were read :— 
1. Puant SympouismM in ART AND LITERATURE. (With 
Drawings.) By Miss BertHa CHANDLER, M.A., B.Sc. 
2. ON PEAT Moor in THE ORKNEYs. By G: W: 
ScartH, M.A. 
(This is the first portion of a more extended communica- 
tion to follow.) 
