196 REPORT OF MEETINGS FOR 1907 



remained very much the same as in 1906; and suggested 

 that, in view of a slight falling off in the number on the 

 roll, the annual subscription should remain at eight shillings 

 and sixpence. This was agreed to. 



The following were elected members, after due nomination, 



viz: — Edward Hunter, Wentworth, Gosforth ; 

 Election of Miss Constance Helen Greet, Birch Hill, Norham ; 

 Members. Charles Henry Holme, Eathburne, Duns ; Eev, 



William M'Conachie, B.D., Manse of Lauder; 

 Professor George Alexander Gibson, LLD., 8 Sandyford Place, 

 Glasgow; James Nairne McDougall, M.D., Coidingham ; Philip 

 Sulley, F.S.A. (Scot.), Briarbank, Galashiels; Robert George 

 Johnston, Solicitor, Duns; Miss Amelia Nisbet Cameron, 

 Trinity, Duns ; William Thompson Hall, M.B., CM., Troughend, 

 Woodburn, Northumberland ; Arthur George Leatlier-Cullej', 

 Aydon Gardens, Alnwick; Captain Edward Henry Trotter, 

 Grenadier Guards, Charterhall, Duns; and Mrs Margaret C. 

 Erskine, The Priory, Melrose. 



In behalf of the Literature Committee the Editing Secretar}^ 



reported as follows : — In carrying out the 

 Literature instructions received at last annual meeting 

 Committee, "to select a few of the most valuable exchanges, 



and sort them on the shelves, dealing with the 

 rest as they may decide," the special Literature Committee 

 met in Berwick Museum on 12th and 13th August, all the 

 members being present. After full and careful consideration 

 of the vast accumulation of exchanges, etc., for which no 

 adequate space could be found on the shelves at the disposal 

 of the Club, the Committee resolved to eliminate the greater 

 number of those issued by Societies outside the immediate 

 range of the Club's activity, and to retain those of the 

 Societies more adjacent and closely allied, and likely to 

 prove serviceable for the purposes of consultation, of which 

 a complete list will appear in the Proceedings. In carrying 

 out this principle, they revised, arranged, and labelled the 

 whole remaining stock, so that the shelves now present an 

 orderly appearance, and supply a record of the Club's property, 

 of which a detailed catalogue is herewith submitted. 



Regarding the purchase, if need be, of a set of the Trans- 

 potions, it is gratifying to report that through the generosity' 



