THE TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL EXCURSION. 81 
15. The Twenty-ninth Annual Excursion—Northumber- 
land and Durham, 31st July to 3rd August 1906. 
By the AssIsSTANT EDITOR. 
The Twenty-ninth Annual Excursion of the Society was held 
in the counties of Northumberland and Durham, the estates 
visited being Alnwick, Lambton, Dilston, Healey, Minster Acres, 
and Cragside. The Excursion party, which was under the 
leadership of Mr Buchanan, the Convener of the Excursion 
Committee, assembled at the Central Station Hotel, Newcastle- 
on-Tyne, their headquarters during their visit to the district, on 
the evening of Monday, 30th July. The party consisted of the 
following gentlemen :—W. Steuart Fothringham, Esq. of Murthly, 
President; J. W. A. Adams, Mill Hill, Middlesex; Robert Allan, 
Polkemmet, Whitburn; Thomas Bond, Lambton; Dr A. W. 
Borthwick, Hon. Consulting Cryptogamist, Edinburgh; J. B. 
Braid, Whitley Court, Stourport; Charles Buchanan, Penicuik ; 
Thomas Christie, Forres; James Cook, Arniston; R. W. 
Cowper, Gortanore, Sittingbourne; T. Alex. Crombie, Longhirst, 
Morpeth; Wm. Dick, Hamilton; Alex. Finlayson, Hardengreen, 
Dalkeith ; A. C. Forbes, Armstrong College, Newcastle; James 
Forbes, Overtoun, Dumbarton; Robert Forbes, Kennet, Alloa ; 
Alex. Fraser, Inverness; Robert A. Fraser, Edinburgh ; 
Robert Galloway, Secre¢fary, Edinburgh; Sydney J. Gammell of 
Countesswells; A. T. Gillanders, Park Cottage, Alnwick ; 
George Halliday, Rothesay; J. Smith Hill, Aspatria; James 
Kay, Bute; Thomas Kennedy, Lambton; A. M‘Gregor, 
Penicuik; W. M‘Kerchar, London; D. L. Mackintosh, Stronvar, 
Balquhidder; W. J. H. Maxwell of Munches; John Methven, 
Edinburgh; Alex. Milne, Edinburgh; Wm. Milne, Foulden, 
Berwick-on-Tweed ; Wm. Milne, Hexham; A. B. Motherwell, 
Airdrie; A. J. Munro, Edinburgh; George A. Munro, 
Edinburgh; E. B. Nicholson, Edinburgh; James Pearson, 
Sessay, Yorks; Geo. Porteous, Lasswade; W. Ralph, 
Corstorphine; A. D. Richardson, Asséstant Editor, Portobello ; 
J. Robb, Edinburgh; H. Rutherford, Fairnington, Roxburgh ; 
Thos. Sharpe, Monreith, Wigtownshire; James Shiel, Abbey 
St Bathans, Grant’s House; Wm. Steven, Dalkeith; Duncan D. 
Stewart, Castlehill, Inchture; Jas. Stoddart, Bonnyrigg; 
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