Report of the Meetings for 1894. 97 



CONIFEROUS TIMBER OF COMMERCE. 



Capt. Norman, E.N., then read a paper entitled '* Coniferous 

 Timber of Commerce, locally imported." 



Mr BosANQUET said it was difficult to connect the language 

 used in commerce with the language used by scientific men, 

 in regard to the trees they were accustomed to see. He 

 thought they were much indebted to Captain Norman, and 

 he was glad to understand the paper was to appear in a 

 local newspaper, so that they could have it without waiting 

 until it appeared in their next Transactions. He for 

 one would study a copy of it with very great pleasure. 

 (Applause.) 



PAPERS CONTRIBUTED. 



The Secretary laid on the table a transcript, by him, of 

 the "Journal of J. T. Brockett, junr , Esq., of Newcastle," 

 (the author of "A Glossary of North Country Words"), of 

 a visit to the Eastern Borders of England and Scotland, 

 commencing 16th September 1833. The Journal contains 

 rough pen and ink sketches of many places and objects of 

 interest in 1833, which have now undergone alteration, or are 

 swept away — among others : — The Stone Lion and Dial at 

 Newton Di^n ; Litiledean Tower; Darnick Tower; Earlston 

 Church and Pant ; the Rhymer's Tower as it was, with plan 

 and annexed cottage ; Ednam Bridge, now rebuilt ; Sandyknowe 

 Tower ; Sandyknowe Old Farmhouse, now removed ; Tombstone 

 of Johanna BuUoc, 1371 ; Cessford Tower ; Ednam, Morebattle, 

 Linton, Yetholm, Byrness, and Cornhill Churches, etc., etc. 



BRITISH ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE. 



Mr G. P. Hughes gave in his report as the Club's delegate 

 to the meeting of the British Association at Oxford, and was 

 re-appointed to represent the Club at next year's meetings 

 of the Association. 



ASSOCIATED MEMBER. 



Captain Norman said that last year a gap was made in 

 the ranks of their members by the death of Mr John 

 Anderson, Preston, who, as a practical botanist, had rendered 



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