PROCEEDINGS AND TRANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
Dumfriesshire and Galloway 
Natural History & Antiquarian Society. 
Soe > tb @O NW 1915-16. 
7th January, 1916. 
Annual Meeting. 
Chairman—Captain G. F. Scott Extiot, Vice-President. 
Amongst those who apologised for absence were Mr 
Hugh S. Gladstone, President of the Society; Sir James 
Crichton-Browne, Sir P. J. Hamilton-Grierson, Sir Herbert 
Maxwell, Dr George Neilson, Sheriff Campion, Mr Thomas 
Henderson, etc., all of whom expressed themselves as 
strongly opposed to the suspending of the publication of the 
Transactions, as it would be fraught with danger to the 
future activity and standing of the Society. 
Mr M. H. M‘Kerrow, Hon. Treasurer, gave a short | 
report of the secretarial work, and thereafter reported his 
intromissions as treasurer. He mentioned that during the 
year 7 members had died, 27 resigned, 8 dropped out through 
failure to pay subscriptions for more than two years. While 
36 had not paid last year’s subscription, the state of the 
funds showed capital at £236 2s. Income for the year was 
#119 6s 6d, and expenditure #121 11s 8d, shewing a debit 
balance of 4,2 5s 2d, which, considering a debit balance of 
£6 2s 8d at the beginning of the year and the large sum of 
