14 ^ Jubilee. 



Society — Mr W. T. Gordon, secretary, " desires to congratu- 

 late us on the work of the past years, and to w^ish us all success 

 in the future." From the Andersonian Naturalist Society— Mr 

 R. B. Johnstone, secretary, writes — " My whole heart is in 

 the work of such societies as your own and the one I belong- 

 to here, and I trust that your Society has before it another 

 long period of usefulness in collecting facts regarding the 

 natural history of your district." From the Marlborough 

 College Natural History Society-^Mr Edward Meyrick, 

 President, writes " on which occasion you have our best 

 wishes for your continued prosperity." From the Berwick- 

 shire Naturalists' Society and from the Glasgo^v Natural 

 History Society. 



Also from the following distinguished members : — Mr J. 

 Scott Keltic, Secretary, Royal Geographical Society, who 

 wrote : " I should have been delighted to have participated in 

 the celebration of the Jubilee of a Society of which I am 

 proud and pleased to be an Honorary Member. I hope and 

 believe that the Society will sustain its vigour and usefulness, 

 and in due time celebrate its centenary. It has done excellent 

 work in the past, and I am sure will do equally good work 

 in the future;" and also from Mr E. M. Holmes, Pharma- 

 ceutical Society of Great Britain ; Sir John Rhys, Principal of 

 Jesus College, Oxford; Dr David Sharp, F.R.S. ; Mr W. D. 

 Robinson Douglas, F.L.S. ; Mr William Carruthers, F.R.S. ; 

 Mr Clemont Reid, F.R.S. ; Mr James M'Andrew; Professor 

 Glaister, Glasgow University ; Professor Gregory, Glasgow 

 University; Miss Annie Lorraine Smith, F.L.S. ; Dr George 

 Macdonald ; Rev. W. S. Crockett, Tweedsmuir ; Mr Andrew 

 Watt, Secretary, Scottish Meteorological Society; Mr J. 

 Harvie Brown, LL.D. ; Colonel Dudgeon of Cargen ; the 

 Earl of Galloway; the Earl of Cassillis ; Sir Mark J. 

 M'Taggart Stewart; Mr John W. Gulland, M.P. ; Sir Edward 

 Johnson-Ferguson of Springkell ; Sir Philip J. Hamilton- 

 Grierson; Sir Edward Redford, Secretary of the Post Office; 

 Provost Halliday, Lochmaben ; Provost M'Cormick, Newton- 

 Stewart ; Mr R. C. Reid ; Rev. Dr Wallace Williamson ; Rev. 

 J. Montgomery Campbell; Rev. S. Dunlop, Irongray ; Colonel 

 C. E. V. Laurie, C.B., D.S.O. ; Captain Walker; and many 

 others. 



