PROCEEDINGS AND | RANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
Dumfriesshire and Galloway 
Natural History & Antiquarian Society. 
Se SL OaN 1916-177. 
17th November, 1916. 
Annual Meeting. 
The Annual General Meeting of the Society was held at 
7.15 p-m.—Mr G. M‘Leod Stewart in the chair. 
Minutes of previous meeting were read and approved of. 
Apologies for absence were read from the Hon. President, Mr 
lush Gladstone; Mr Charles Ralston, Mr J. C. R. 
Macdonald, Mr James Flett, Colonel Thorburn, and Mr R. 
C Reid. 
Mr M. H. M‘Kerrow, the Hon. Treasurer, reported that 
he had in hand £45 4s 7d, which would be exhausted on pay- 
ment of printing of the Transactions now in the press. 
Mr G. M‘Leod Stewart, Hon. Librarian, gave an exhaus- 
tive report on the additions to the Library by exchange and 
by presentation. 
Mr R. C. Reid, who was editing the volume of Trans- 
actions for the past session, wrote explaining that the book - 
was in the printers’ hands and would be ready shortly. 
The Interim Secretary gave a resumé of the meetings 
throughout the past session. 
It was agreed that the various office-bearers be continued 
without change for another session, with the addition of Mr 
J. C. R. Macdonald to the Council. 
