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Alnwick. 



The First Ordinary Meeting for this year (1900) was held 

 at Alnwick, on Wednesday, 6th June, and was numerously 

 attended. It will be remembered by those who had the 

 good fortune to be there as one of the most pleasant 

 in the Club's records, for beautiful weather prevailed, and. 

 favoured as the members were with the permission of His 

 Grace the Duke of Northumberland to visit Alnwick Castle, 

 the historic home of the House of Northumberland, and the 

 surrounding parks, there was a great deal both to interest 

 and to edify. 



Amongst those present were: — Mr Arthur H. Evans, M.A., 

 F.Z.S., President ; Colonel Milne Home, Organizing Secretary, 

 Caldra, Duns; Mr G. G. Butler, M.A., Ewart Park, Editing 

 Secretary, and Mrs G. G. Butler; Mr Geo. Bolam, F.Z.S., 

 J^erwick. Treasurer ; Mr Amos, Alnwick ; Mr Johannes Albe, 

 Duns ; Mr Pobert Alexander, Duns ; Mr John Bolam, 

 Bilton House, Lesbury ; Dr Charles Clark Burman, Alnwick; 

 Mr William B. Boyd, Faldonside, Melrose ; Mr Eobert 

 Brown, Duns ; Mr William Cuttle, Galashiels ; Mr M. 

 H. Dand, Hauxley ; Mr William Dunn, Redden ; Mr 

 George Fortune and Miss Fortune, Duns ; Captain Forbes, 

 R.N., Berwick ; the Rev. J, A, Findlay, Sprouston ; Mr J. 



