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The Scottish Naturalist. 



this year granted a sum of £200 for the working of the Act, one 

 of the clauses in which provides that no additional_monuments 

 shall be brought under its provisions except with the sanction of 

 the owner of such monument or monuments. Christian remains 

 do not fall under the Act. The Chairman, Dr. Evans, called 

 attention to how much could be done to assist in the preservation 

 of ancient monuments by the Corresponding Societies, if the dele- 

 gates would represent this as a duty to them. (It was intimated at 

 the second meeting that a copy of a scheme of mapping ancient 

 monuments will be submitted to each Corresponding Society.) 



The meeting unanimously resolved to apply to the Council 

 of the British Association for a grant of ^20, to aid in carrying on 

 the work of the Conference ; and to this application the Council 

 afterwards gave a favourable reply. 



At the second meeting only 20 delegates were present. Dr. 

 Mill, Edinburgh, spoke shortly on the "Temperature of 

 Rivers," illustrating his remarks by diagrams of the variations 

 observed. He stated that much more information and many more 

 observers are needed to carry on this work ; and I promised to 

 bring it under the notice of the Union. All requisite information, 

 forms, instruments, &c, can be procured from or through Dr. 

 Mill, 3 Glenorchy Terrace, Edinburgh. 



The importance of accurate observations of Earth-tremors 

 was also discussed, and observers were invited to volunteer assist- 

 ance. 



Mr. Newall, photographer, submitted 30 or 40 fine large Geo- 

 logical photographs that had been recently taken for the 

 Liverpool Geological Society ; and a discussion followed on the 

 use of photographs of sea-cliffs, railway cuttings, and other 

 exposed sections. A uniform system with regard to size and 

 style is very desirable ; and it was suggested that a committee 

 should be appointed to promote this end. The human stature 

 varying so greatly, some other standard is necessary. 



The Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the 

 " Causes of the Disappearance and the Extermination 

 of British Wild Plants " was submitted. A delegate 

 stated, from his own knowledge, that near Dumfries a man had 

 been warned off the neighbouring estates and threatened with a 

 prosecution for carrying away plants ; and he named several 

 species that had been extirpated, or nearly so ; and concluded 



