1 28 In Memoriam. [Sess. 



In IBcmortam. 



Of members who have died during the session, special notice 

 may be taken of the following : — 



Mr A. Craig Christie was Convener of the original meeting, 

 called in June 1869, to found this Society, of which he 

 was Vice-President in 1869-70. 



Dr J. G. Black, Professor of Chemistry at Otago (N.Z.) Uni- 

 versity, was the first Vice - President of the Society 

 (1869). 



Dr A. E. Davies, who was an analytical chemist, was a 

 member of the Society from its first year. He was 

 Vice-President (1894), President (1895-98), and edited 

 the 'Transactions' from 1902 to 1907. During his 

 term of Editorship Dr Davies very generously defrayed 

 the expenses of many of the illustrations. In 1913 

 he was elected an Honorary Member of the Society. 



Mr John Lindsay became a member of the Society in 1878, 

 and was Editor of the ' Transactions ' for twenty-one 

 years (1881-1902). He was a "reader" of scientific 

 books published by the firm of William Blackwood 

 & Sons, being in their service for the long period of 

 fifty-four years. His contributions to the ' Transactions ' 

 were numerous, the most recent being an account of 

 the method used to destroy algte in the Haining Loch, 

 Selkirk. 



Mr William Forgan joined the Society thirty years ago, was 

 Vice-President (1888-91), and in 1913 was elected an 

 Honorary Member. He was a scientific instrument 

 maker, and in his communications to the ' Transactions ' 

 he gave the results of original research in micro-photo- 

 graphy. He was a member of many learned societies, 

 and had been President of the Scottish Microscopical 

 and the Edinburgh Photographic Societies, besides hav- 

 ing been an office-bearer in the Scottish Astronomical 

 and Geological Societies. 



