MINUTES OF THE MEETING- OF THE EAST OF SCOTLAND 

 UNION OF NATURALISTS' SOCIETIES AT ALFOED IN 1889. 



THE Council met in the Volunteer Hall, Alford, on Tuesday, 

 16th July, 1889, at 13 o'clock (1 p.m.) 

 Present, — Mr. R. O. Farquharson, of Haughton, in the chair; 

 and Messrs. the Rev. James Gillan, Alford ; William Anderson, 

 Aberdeen ; David Robb, Dundee (Working Men's Field Club) ; 

 John Forrester, and W. D. Sang, Kirkcaldy ; David Ferrier, 

 Montrose Scientific Field Club ; and Robert Brown, Perth. 



The Minutes of the last meeting of Council were read and ap- 

 proved. Mr. Ferrier and Mr. Anderson were appointed auditors. 

 The Treasurer's Financial statement was read and approved. 



The Assessment for 1889 was fixed at fourpence per member as 

 before. 



It was agreed that the " Proceedings " be again reprinted from 

 the " Scottish Naturalist," — 500 copies to be printed, and the dis- 

 tribution to the different Societies to be effected in the same 

 manner as last year. 



Professor J. W. H. Trail was re-appointed Editor of the Pro- 

 ceedings. 



Mr. Robert Pullar, whom failing, Mr. Robert Brown, was 

 appointed delegate to the Newcastle Meetings of the British 

 Association. 



A letter was read from Dr. Howden, on behalf of the Montrose 

 Societies, inviting the Union to hold its Meetings in 1890 in 

 Montrose. On the motion of Mr. Forrester, seconded by Mr. 

 Brown, the invitation was unanimously accepted. It was decided 

 that the preliminary Meeting of Council be held in Montrose 

 during the first week in May. 



On the motion of the Chairman it was unanimously agreed that 

 the Union petition the Education Department to make one of the 

 two compulsory Science subjects at Training Colleges either 

 Botany or Geology. 



The Sixth Annual General Meeting was held in the Volunteer 



