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the more important of them appear to belong to the second 
century, and are well cut. It is impossible to say whether the 
seeming degeneracy of others is due to less skilled workmanship 
or to their being of later date. Some information on this point, 
as will be afterwards seen, may be gathered from the interior 
buildings. 
24th April, 1896. 
Mr James BARBOUR in the chair. 
New Members.—Mrs Matthew Jamieson; Mr James M‘Cargo, 
Kirkpatrick-Durham ; Mr Wm. Sanders, Rosebank, Lockerbie ; 
Colonel Patrick Sanderson, Glenlaggan, Parton; and Mr Alex. 
Scott, Erkinholme, Langholm. 
Donations—Mr Andson presented some communion tokens 
from the Rev. Mr Scott, of Sanquhar, and also some meteorologi- 
cal observations taken by Mr Elliot, gardener, at Warmanbie and 
Kinmount. Mr Adam J. Corrie presented the catalogue of the 
Loan Exhibition held at Hastings. The Proceedings of the Society 
of Antiquaries of Scotland for 1894-5, and the Jack Rabbits of 
the United States (from the U.S. Department of Agriculture). 
Exhibits —Miss Hannay exhibited a violet obtained by Mr 
Scott-Elliot at Ruwenzori at a height of 11,000 feet. Mr Robert 
Barbour exhibited a beautiful skeleton leaf. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
I.— Meteorological Observations taken by Mr Eliot at Warmanbie. 
By the Rev. WM. ANDSON. 
The following table shows the means of temperature, rainfall, 
and barometer for each year during the period 1866 to 1881 
(omitting 1874, for which the observations were not complete). 
The observations were taken with great regularity by Mr 
Elliot, gardener, and by means of reliable instruments. The 
self-registering thermometers were protected by a screen, and 
placed 3 feet above the grass. (Makers, Negretti & Zambra, 
