REPORT OF THE MEETINGS FOR 1899 



Earlston. — By the President. 



The Second Meeting was held at Earlston, on Wednesday, 

 31st May, and was larg-ely attended, the following members 

 and guests being amongst those present : — Mr James SmaiL, 

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

 Mr George Bolam, Treasurer ; Colonel and Mrs Milne 

 Home, Mr and the Misses Milne Home, Wedderburn ; Mr 

 Campbell Swinton, Kimmerghame ; Hev. Dr Sprott, North 

 Berwick ; Dr Stevenson Macadam, Edinburgh ; Dr Stuart, 

 Chirnside ; Mr W. B. Boyd, Faldonside ; Mr J. Ferguson, 

 F.S.A. (Scot.), Duns ; Mr and Mrs Butler, Ewart Park ; 

 Ex-Provost Laidlaw, Jedburgh ; Mr J. J. Vernon, F.S.A. 

 (Scot.), Hawick ; Mr Tom Scott, A.E.S.A., Earlston ; Mr R. 

 H, Dunn, Earlston ; Bailie Hilson, Jedburgh ; Mr Thomas 

 Smail, Jedburgh ; Mr W. B. Swan, Duns ; Mr Joseph 

 Wilson and Miss Wilson, Duns ; Bailie Ford, Duns ; Mr 

 Elliot E. Smail, Edinburgh ; Rev. Thomas Martin, Lauder ; 

 Rev. W. Workman, Stow ; Rev. J. Burleigh, Ednam ; Dr 

 and Miss Shirra Gibb, Boon ; Mr H. Leadbetter, Legerwood ; 

 Dr Stewart-Stirling, Edinburgh ; Mr D. Veitch and Mr D. 

 Veitch, jun.. Duns ; Mr James A. Somervail, Broomdykes ; 

 Mr B. Morton, Sunderland ; Mr D. McB. Watson, Hawick ; 

 Mr George Henderson, Upper Keith ; Mr Thomas Henderson, 

 Bailieknowe ; Dr Marr, Greenlaw ; Mr G. Fortune, Duns ; 

 Mr Arthur Giles, Edinburgh ; Mr Henry Paton, Edinburgh ; 

 Mr John TurnbuU, Galashiels ; Mr Thomas Greig, Wooden ; 

 Mr W. Mason, Jedburgh ; Mr W. Leitch, Galashiels ; Mr 

 D. Leitch, Greenlaw ; Mr A. G. Sinclair, Earlston ; Herr 

 Albe, Duns ; and others. 



The President, who, in his yoiingf^r days, had been for 

 pome years resident iu Earlston, as agent of the Commercial 



