564 TRANSACTIONS AND PKOCEEDINGS OF THE [Sess. lvii. 



State of Funds. 



Amount of Funds at close of Session 1890-91, 

 Decrease during Session 1891-92, . 



Amount of Funds at close of Session 1891-92, 



Being: — Sum on Current Account with Union 

 Bank of Scotland, 

 Balance in hands of Treasurer, . 



Edinburgh. o\st Jamumj 1893. — Certified as a correct Abstract of 

 the Treasurer's Accounts, which have been audited by me, compared 

 with the Vouchers, and found correct. 



Rob. C. Millar, C.A., Auditor. 



The Treasuker intimated the receipt since last meeting 

 of the following subscriptions to the Illustration Fund : — 



Dr. Christison, . . .£220 



The attention of Members of the Society was directed 

 by Dr. William Craig to the following appeal on behalf of 

 the Illustration Fund which the Council had issued : — 



THE ILLUSTRATION FUND. 



This important Fund was commenced eighteen years ago, and the 

 total contributions have amounted to £178, 4s. 6d. 



During the same period the Society has spent on Illustrations 

 £198, 193. Id., being £20, 14s. 7d. more than the sums received. 



The above statement brings down the state of the Illustration Fund 

 only to the beginning of the present Session. 



From these figures it is evident that the Transactions could not have 

 been illustrated as they have been but for the existence of this Fund. 



The Council would therefore respectfully appeal to the Members of 

 the Society to contribute to this Fund, so that in the future, as in the 

 past, the papers published in the Transactions may be illustrated in a 

 manner worthy of the Papers and of the Society. 



The Ciri'vATOR exhibited plants of Saxifraga Barseriana, 

 >S'. Burseriana muUifiora, S. imhricata, Crocus chri/santha^ 

 Iris stylosa ; and twigs of Garrya elHptica, Hamamelis 

 japonica, and Jasminum mulifioruin iu flowei', from the 

 Itoyal Botanic Garden. 



