Re'port of Meetings for 1891. By Dr J. Hardy. 321 



The Mayor of Ber-wick said he rose with very much pleasure 

 to ask those present to join with him in passing a very hearty 

 vote of thanks to their President for his able and interesting 

 address, and for the very courteous and assiduous manner in 

 which he had performed his duties during the year. They could 

 not forget the munificent hospitality which he extended towards 

 the Club at Lady kirk. To be allowed to see such a beautiful 

 place in any circumstances would be an advantage, but it was 

 doubly so when they saw it under such auspices as they did. 

 He was sure they all felt very thankful to Mr Askew-Robertson, 

 to the Honourable Mrs Askew-E-obertson, and the Misses 

 Askew-Eobertson for the great trouble they took in guiding the 

 members of the Club, and for the charming manner in which 

 they explained to them the beauties of the place on the occasion. 

 He might say in his representative capacity, as Mayor of 

 Berwick, how glad the town was that the Berwickshire Natural- 

 ists' Club should hold its annual meeting in the Museum at 

 Berwick. It was the centre of the operations of the Club — a 

 sort of buffer between Northumberland and Berwickshire, 

 where the members could meet on neutral ground, and where 

 their interests were concentrated. He hoped they would long 

 meet at Berwick. (Applause.) 



Eev. P. Mearns, Coldstream, seconded the motion. Mr 

 Askew-Eobertson, he said, had laid the members of the Club 

 under great obligations by the very eloquent address he had 

 read to them, which had been so well supplemented by the 

 account of the Proceedings read by l)r Hardy. It showed that 

 the President had entered very fully, very thoroughly, and with 

 great intelligence into all the transactions of the Club. He was 

 sure Mr Askew-Eobertson was entitled to their most cordial 

 vote of thanks. (Applause.) 



Dr Hardy then read out a list of the gentlemen proposed at 

 previous meetings during the year, to which three others were 

 added at the present meeting, all of whom were unanimously 

 elected, viz. — 1. Eev. Thomas Ovens Scott, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 

 2. Eev. Edward Thornton, M.A., Ancroft Vicarage, Beal. 3. 

 John Scott Tait, Edinburgh. 4. William Eobson Hindmarsh, 

 Crag View, Alnwick. 5. Ealph Storey- Storey, Beanley. 6. Frank 

 J. Dalziel, Tweedholm, Walkerburn. 7. Eobert Hogg, Fireburn 

 Mill, Coldstream. 8. E. S. Weir, 31 Linskill Terrace, North 

 Shields. 9. Eev. F. Drake, Curate of Warkworth. 10. James 



