10 ANNUAL MEETING. 
4,87 for publications, was very satisfactory. The Treasurer 
indicated that this fairly comfortable position was due to the 
increase of the subscription last year. The report was 
adopted, on the motion of the Chairman. 
In the course of discussion following on the recommen- 
dation of the Council—viz., that no Transactions be pub- 
lished during the war, and only a nominal subscription of 
2s 6d be levied—several members of the Council stated that 
the reason for these recommendations was that the publi- 
cation of last year’s Transactions cost £87, an amount 
which could not be continued. 
Mr T. A. Halliday moved that the membership for the 
coming year be 5s, and that the Transactions be published 
as far as funds would permit. Mr G. Macleod Stewart 
seconded. Mr R. C. Reid moved that the subscriptions 
remain at 7s 6d, the sum to which it was raised in the 
previous year, and Mr J. C. R. Macdonald seconded. Ona 
division, Mr Halliday’s motion was carried by a large 
majority. 
The office-bearers of the previous year were re-elected, 
with Mr John M‘Burnie as a new member of the Council, 
and Mr Robert Wallace as interim Secretary, in view of Mr 
Shirley’s absence on military duty. 
The Chairman and other speakers put forward the view 
that the Natural History side of the Society’s work should 
be a little more encouraged. 
A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the meeting. 
