200 Exhibits in. Natural History. [Sess. 



EXHIBITS IN NATURAL HISTORY. 



By Mr John J. McBeath — 



Specimens of Vein Agates and Associated Minerals of 



Blackford Hill. 

 Crystalline Quartz. 

 Crystalline Calcite in Coal. 



A Wasp's Nest found in Mull — (Mr A. B. Steele). 



ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. 



The Annual Business Meeting of the Society was held in the 

 Hall, 20 George Street, on Wednesday, October 27, 1915 — 

 Mr Kupert Smith, President, in the chair. 

 The Honorary Secretary read his report: — 

 " Along with other societies we have been passing through 

 a very trying period on account of the War. It must be ac- 

 knowledged, however, that our members have been considerate, 

 very few having resigned. 



" There were five indoor meetings last winter, with a fair 

 attendance ; and there were twenty-one excursions during the 

 summer, with an average attendance of 22. No facilities 

 were given by the railway companies, which in some measure 

 accounts for the low average. The Excursions (1915) were as 

 follows : — 



April 10. Blackford Hill. 

 ii 17. Bilston Burn. 

 ii 24. Hailes Quarry. 

 May 8. Macbie Hill. 

 n 15. Currie Glen. 

 ii 22. Arniston. 

 ii 29. Brunstane Castle. 

 June 2. Lyruphoy. 

 ii 5. Fairslacks. 

 n 9. Ravelston. 

 ii 12. Balerno. 



ii 16. Niddrie House Gardens. 

 ii 19. Polton to Roslin. 

 ii 23. Duddingston. 

 ii 30. Inch Gardens. 



