298 TRANSACTIONS AND PEOCEEDINGS OF THE [Sess. Lix. 



State of Funds. 



Amount of Fuuds at close of Session 1892-93, . . £65 11 



Deduct — Decrease during Session 1893-94, as above, . 17 9 



Amount of Funds at close of Session 1893-94, . . £64 13 3 



Being: — Sum on Current Account with Union 



Bank, .... £5 17 3 



Sum in Deposit Receipt do. 60 



£65 17 3 

 Less due to Treasurer, . .14 



£64 13 3 



Edixburgh, Ith Decemher 1894. — Certified as a correct Abstract 

 of the Treasurers Accounts, which have been audited by me, compared 

 with the Vouchers, and found correct. 



PiOBT. C. Millar, C.A., Auditor. 



On the motion of Professor Bayley Balfoue, seconded 

 by Mr. James Gpjeve, the report was adopted and the 

 Treasurer thanked for his sersdces. 



The following donations to the Illustration Fund were 

 announced : — 



Miss Pearson, . . . . £0 10 



Mrs. Do well, . . . . 10 



Professor Bayley Balfour exhibited portions of the 

 inflorescence of Nepenthes licalcarata lately flowered in 

 the Eoyal Botanic Garden, and a further communication 

 regarding its special features was promised to the Society. 

 A series of variegated foliage plants from the stoves in the 

 Eoyal Botanic Garden were also exhibited. 



Dr. and Mrs. Speague exhibited some " Jumping Beans," 

 and the former said : — 



Ha'vdng seen a paragraph in the " Times," stating that 

 some "Jumping Beans" had been exhibited at a recent 

 meeting of the Pioyal Botanical Society, London, and that 



