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of the western wall of the garth, I had excavations made, and dis- 

 closed the foundations of a curtain wall with several offsets, and 

 indications of a guard-house or gate-room. 



Having concluded this descriptive portion of the paper, we must 

 here remark that both Inch and Grey Abbey were for many years 

 used as quarries to their respective neighbourhoods. 



It is matter for congratulation that these venerable ruins are now 

 held in reverent appreciation by their respective owners, and that, 

 as far as can be done by them, they are to be preserved from fur- 

 ther dilapidation, and are now cherished for the benefit of field 

 naturalist, archaeologist, art student, and architect 



The Annual Meeting of the Club was held on Wednesday evening, 

 28th April, 1875. Mr - Henry Knight occupied the chair. The 

 Secretaries' Report was read by Mr. William Gray, M.R.I. A., and 

 Mr. Greer Malcomson, Treasurer, submitted the financial statement 

 for the past year, both of which were adopted and ordered to be 

 printed for circulation among the members. The election of office- 

 bearers for the ensuing year was then proceeded with, after which 

 Mr. Joseph Wright, F.G.S., then said — In rising to propose a 

 vote of thanks to our late senior honorary secretary, Mr. Gray, I think 

 it is well that we should take a glance back and note the part taken 

 by Mr. Gray in the working of the Club since its formation, when 

 it was comparatively weak, until the present time, when it opens its 

 thirteenth year a strong and flourishing society, with an established 

 and creditable reputation among naturalists, not only in this country 

 but even beyond the boundaries of the United Kingdom. The 

 Club was established in March, 1863, prizes being at once offered 

 for the best natural history collections ; and we find that at the 



