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The first editor of the second series was Mr J. G. Mac- 

 Vicar, A.M., now the Rev. Dr Mac Vicar, minister of Moffat ; 

 the second editor was Mr WilHam MacGilHvray, afterwards 

 Professor of Botany in the University of Aberdeen ; the 

 third was Mr Henry Stephens, who acted from 1836 to 

 1853 ; and the fourth Mr Robert Russell, Kilwhiss, who 

 performed the duty from i860 to 1866. During the 

 interval between Mr Stephens' resignation and the appoint- 

 ment of Mr Russell, the editorship was undertaken by Mr 

 Hall Maxwell. Since 1866, the post has been discharged 

 by Mr F. N. Menzies, his successor, with the valuable 

 assistance of Mr Irvine of Drum. 



At the General Meeting of the Society, held on 

 15th January 1879, it was resolved, on the motion of the 

 Rev. Mr Gillespie, Mouswald, to appoint a committee, 

 consisting of directors and other members, 'to consider 

 and report what improvements, if any, can be made on the 

 Transactions of the Society, and especially whether any 

 change in the present mode of procuring papers for publi- 

 cation can be introduced with advantage — the report to be 

 made public before a General Meeting of the Society in 

 January 1880, with the view of its being disposed of at said 

 meeting.' 



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