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at present enjoys, while his solid reputation as a naturalist has greatly con- 
tributed towards raising and maintaining its position as a scientific body, 
‘** The Council especially deplore the cause of Mr Evans’s resignation, and 
earnestly hope that he may be speedily restored to health, so that not only 
the Royal Physical Society, but natural history science in general, may soon 
again enjoy the benefit of his work.” 
V.—COoNCLUSION. 
In conclusion, the Council would impress upon Members the necessity for 
introducing as Fellows of the Society, gentlemen who are likely to promote 
its interests in any way, espevially by the contribution of papers calculated 
to add to the value and interest of the Society’s Proceedings. 
For the Council, 
JOHN GUNN, Acting-Secretary. 
The Treasurer and Librarian submitted their Annual Reports. 
The following Office- Bearers were elected: 
President. —Professor H. ALLEYNE NicHouson, F.G.S., F.L.S. 
Vice-Presidents.—B. N. Peacu, Esq., F.G.S., F.R.S.; WitttAm RussELL, 
Esq., M.D., F.R.C.P.E.; J. G. GoopcniLp, Esq., F.G.8., F.Z.S. 
Secretary.—JOUN GuNN, F.R.S.G.S. 
Assistant-Secretary.—J, Stuart THOMSON. 
Treasurer.—GEORGE LIsLeE, C.A., F.F.A. 
Librarian.—J. ARTHUR THOMSON, M.A., F.R.S.E. 
Councillors.—James Bennie, of H.M. Geological Survey; R. W. Felkin, 
M.D., F.R.S.E.; R. H. Traquair, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.; Edmond W. 
Carlier, M.D., B.Se.; Major Wardlaw Ramsay; Professor Johnson 
Symington, M.D., F.R.S.E.; Andrew Wilson, L.D.S.; Lieut.-Colonel 
Fred. Bailey, (Jate) R.E., F.R.G.S.; W. Eagle Clarke, F.L.S.; W. Ivison 
Macadam, F.C.S., F.R.S.E.; George Carrington Purvis, M.D., B.Sc. ; 
Professor John Struthers, M.D., LL.D. 
A letter from Professor Lapworth was submitted, in which he thanked the 
Council and Society for his election as an Honorary Fellow of the Society. 
The following communications were read: 
1. ‘Description of Cephalaspis magnifica, Traq., from the Caithness Flags.” 
By R. H. Traquair, Esq., M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. 
2. ‘*Achanarras Revisited.”! By R. H. Traquair, Esq., M.D., LL.D., 
F.R.S. 
3. ‘*On some New Species of Fossil Plants from the Lower Carboniferous Rocks 
of Scotland.” By Roserr Kipsron, Esq., F.G.S., F.R.S.E. 
1 For convenience of publication, ‘this paper appears in the Proceedings in two parts. 
See pp. 279 and 812. 
