34 History of the Societv. 



be found in this volume. The Society received in March, 

 1909, a vahiable bequest of books from the Rev. WilHam 

 Andson. 



Session 1909-1910. (N.S. Vol. XXII.) [Vol. XXXI.] ■ 



The Transactions for this period appeared in 1911 in an 

 indexed volume of two hundred and fifty-six pages. 



Session 1910-1911. (N.S. Vol. ^XXIII.) [Vol. XXXII.] 



At last the Society was able to publish its Transactions in 

 the same year as that in which the papers had been read before 

 its members. This is a custom which I sincerely hope will in 

 future be maintained. The Transactions for the period 

 appeared in 1911, in a volume of three hundred and fifty-three 

 pages, with an index, one coloured plan, twelve full-page 

 illustrations, besides numerous illustrations in the text. The 

 Society undertook the publication of a book on local Com- 

 munion Tokens, by Rev. H. A. Whitelaw. 



Session 1911-1912. (N.S. Vol. XXIV.) [Vol. XXXIII. ] 



During this session the Society published two mono- 

 graphs separately, the one being The Addenda and Corrigenda 

 to the Birds of Dumfriesshire, and the other The Dumfries 

 Post Office, 1642-igio. As it was found that the publication 

 of these works was a somewhat hazardous undertaking for 

 the Society, it will be a matter for serious reflection whether 

 such enterprises shall be again undertaken. The volume of 

 Transactions for this period, which was published in August, 

 191 2, covers three hundred and fifty-four pages, there are 

 twelve full-page plates and a plan, besides numerous tables 

 and illustrations in the text, and there is, I am glad to say, 

 an index. 



The Present State of the Society. 



Well, ladies and gentlemen, I trust I have not bored you 

 with this brief summary of the history of the Dumfriesshire 

 and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. You 

 may have noticed that my remarks, if sketchy at first, became 

 even sketchier after the year 1895. This was because many 



