Report of Meetings for 1891. By Dr J. Hardy. 267 



Among those present at this Meeting were Mr Watson Askew- 

 Robertson of Pallinsburn and Ladykirk, the President of the 

 year ; the Secretary and Treasurer ; Messrs Gr. H. Thompson, 

 John Bolam, W. T. Hindmarsh, Dr Allan Wilson, Jas. Heatley, 

 John Cairns, Dr Burman, J. L. Newbigiu, J. P. Turnbull, Thos. 

 Cook, H. A. Paynter, Dr Robson, H. J. Wilkin, C. E. Moore, 

 all of Alnwick ; Major Browne, Callaly Castle ; Mr R. B. 

 Sanderson and Mr James Sanderson, Budle ; Mr M. H. Daiid, 

 Hauxley Cottage ; Mr R. G. Huggup, Gloster Hill ; the Rev. 

 Father Robert, Alnwick ; Mr Charlton Haggerston, Ellingham 

 Hall; Mr Roscamp, Shilbottle ; Capt. Forbes, R.N., Berwick; 

 Rev. Charles Thorpe, Beadnell ; Mr Carmichael, Coldstream ; 

 Mr Edward Willoby, Berwick ; Rev. E. Rutter, Spittal ; Rev. 

 John Walker, Whalton ; Capt. McMillan Scott, Wauchope ; Mr 

 James Thomson, Shawdon ; Mr Jackson, Wandon ; Mr Mathi- 

 son, Wandylaw ; Capt. Simmonds, Ellingham ; and many others. 



A select party of the Club, with the President in the chair, 

 dined at the Swan Hotel. The following were proposed as new 

 members: — Rev. Thomas Ovens Scott, 5 Union Street, New- 

 castle; Rev. Edward Thoi-nton, M.A., Ancroft Vicarage, Beal ; 

 John Scott Tait, C.A., 67 George Street, Edinburgh ; William 

 Robson Hindmarsh, Crag View, Alnwick ; Ralph Storey-Storey, 

 Beanley ; Robert Hogg, Fireburn Mill, Coldstream ; R. S. Weir, 

 ;n Linskill Terrace, North Shields; Rev. F. Drake, curate of 

 Warkworth ; James W. Rand, Ford Hill, Cornhill-on-Tweed ; 

 William Percy, Belvedere, Alnwick ; George Wilson, Alnwick ; 

 Thomas Graham, Alnwick. 



Mr L. C. Chrisp had forwarded from Hawkhill, a circular 

 concretion of clay iron ore of yellowish hue, with the surface 

 depressed like a weise* and radiated with cracks ; 7|- inches in 

 diameter, and 2|-and 3 inches thick; picked up on the surface of 

 a field under regular culture. 



* " Weese, a circular roll of straw, wool, or other soft substance for 

 protecting the head under the pressure of a load or burthen. — Brockett, 

 North Country Words. 



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