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‘ ‘ (c) In the event of no suitable candidate for the said prize being forthcoming, it shall be 
competent to the said Society either to add the amount available for the said prize to 
the principal sum or to carry the same forward to be added to the amount of the prize 
offered at the next competition ; but in no case shall it be competent for the said Society 
to encroach upon the principal sum, either for the purpose of meeting the expenses of 
administration or for the purpose of increasing the amount of the said prize. 
“ Alexr. Philip. 
“A. D. Tait Hutchison.” 
A very serious outlay in all scientific publication is the preparation and printing of plates 
of illustrations, especially in the biological sciences. The Council is greatly indebted to the help 
received from the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, who have always shown great 
readiness in giving grants to graduates of the Scottish Universities in aid of the publication of 
their illustrations. Without this help, which has now been given for a number of years, the 
Society could not have undertaken the publication of so many valuable papers. It is right that 
we should express our thanks for the aid thus generously given. 
The Treasurer, in submitting his Report for the year, drew special attention to the diminished 
cost of publication as compared with the previous year. The Council had thus been able to clear 
off a large part of the outstanding debt. It was also pointed out that the saving eff ected this 
year was only provisional, since in due course an increased amount of binding would have to be 
undertaken if the journals were to be kept in serviceable condition. 
Dr Peach moved the adoption of the Reports, and the reappointment of Messrs Lindsay, 
Jamieson & Haldane, C. A., as auditors of the accounts for the ensuing Session. 
This was unanimously agreed to. 
The Scrutineers reported that the P>allot Papers were in order, and that the following had 
been elected as Office-bearers, Members of Council, and Representative on George Heriot’s Trust: — 
John Horne, LL. D. , F.R.S., F.G.S., President. 
Professor D’Arcy Thompson, C.B., B.A., F.R.S., 
Professor James Walker, D.Sc., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S., 
Professor George A. Gibson, M.A., LL.D., 
Robert Kidston, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., 
Professor D. Noel Paton, M.D. , B.Sc., F.R.C.P.E., 
-Vice-Presidents. 
F.R.S., 
Professor Arthur Robinson, M. D. , M. R. C. S. , J 
Cargill G. Knott, D.Sc. , LL.D., General Secretary. 
Professor E. T. Whittaker, Sc.D., F.R.S., \ Secretaries to Ordinary 
J. H. Ashworth, D.Sc., F.R.S., j Meetings. 
James Currie, M.A. , Treasurer. 
A. Crichton Mitchell, D.Sc., Hon. D.Sc. (Geneva), Curator of Library and Museum. 
ORDINARY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 
Sir George A. Berry, LL.D., M.B., F.R.C.S.E. 
John S. Flett, M.A., D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S. 
Professor Magnus Maclean, M. A., D.Sc., 
M. Inst.C. E. , M.Inst.E.E. 
Professor David Waterston, M.A., M.D., 
F. R.C.S.E. 
Professor F. 0 . Bower, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., 
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Professor P. T. Herring, M.D., F.R.C.P.E. 
Professor T. J. Jehu, M.A., M.D., F.G.S. 
Alexander Lauder, D.Sc. 
The Hon. Lord Guthrie, LL.D. 
Sir E. Sharpey Schafer, M. D., LL.D., D.Sc. 
F.R.S. 
Professor J. Lorrain Smith, M.A., M.D., 
F R S 
W. A. Tait, D.Sc., M.Inst.C.E. 
SOCIETY’S REPRESENTATIVE ON GEORGE HERIOT’S TRUST. 
W. A. Tait, D.Sc., M.Inst.C.E. 
The Chairman, in the name of the Society, thanked the Scrutineers for their services. 
