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Reports of the Meetings of the Berwickshire Naturalists^ 

 Club for 1899. 



Berwick. — By the Secretary. 



The First Meeting of the year 1899 was held in the 

 Museum, on Wednesday, 26th April, in accordance with the 

 resolution of the Annual Meeting of last year. 



The following members were present : — Mr James Small, 

 F.S.A. (Scot.), President ; Eev. George Gunn, Secretary ; 

 Mr George Bolam, Treasurer ; Colonel Milne Home, Caldra ; 

 Captain Forbes, R.N., Messrs D. Herriot, E. Weddell, W. 

 Weatherhead, W. Maddau, W. Wilson, Berwick ; J. Ferguson, 

 Joseph Wilson, D. Veitch, Dans ; W. T. Hindmarsh, Alnwick ; 

 G. P. Hughes, Middleton Hall ; J. A. Somervail, Broom- 

 dykes ; G. G. and Mrs Butler, Ewart ; Eevs. David Paul, 

 LL.D., Edinburgh ; R. Charles Inglis, Berwick ; and Hugh 

 Fleming, Mordington. 



The dates and places of meeting for the ensuing year 

 were fixed as below : — 



2. — Earlston, for Chapel, Carolside, etc., on Wednesday, 31st May. 

 3. — Berwick, for Fame Islands, on Thursday, 21st June. 

 4. — Selkirk, for Whitmuirbog and Riddell, on Wednesday, 19th July. 

 5.^ — Kelso, for Makerstonn, Ringley Hall, Plea Hill, and Littledean 



Tower, on Wednesday, 23rd August. 

 6. — Seaton Delaval, the Coast, and Tynemouth, on Thursday, 21st 



September. 

 7. — Berwick, Annual Meeting, on Thursday, 12th October. 



The Secretary, Mr Hodgson, Mr Ferguson, and the Treasurer 

 gave in reports of their examination of the papers and MSS. 

 of the late Dr Hardy. 



The mode of commemorating Dr Hardy was then con- 

 sidered. The Secretary intimated that a Memorial Notice for 

 the Proceedings was being prepared, and, after some discussion, 

 Colonel Milne Home moved " That the Club agree to erect 

 in memory of the late Dr Hardy, our esteemed Secretary, 

 a Window and Brass Tablet on the walls of Coldingham 

 Priory Church, subject to the approval of Mrs Hardy and 

 his other relatives." This was seconded by Mr Ferguson, 



