496 Proceedings of Royal Society of Edinburgh. 
In 1889 Dr Anderson was appointed to visit the museums of 
Switzerland and North Italy. His Report, extending to 32 pages, 
is printed in the Proceedings , vol. xxiv. p. 478. 
In 1890-91 Mr J. Romilly Allen was appointed for two years 
to visit and report on the Sculptured Stones of Scotland, with a 
view to obtaining an archaeological survey and description, with 
photographs, rubbings, or drawings of these monuments, for a 
work on the Early Christian Monuments of Scotland, to he issued 
by the Society. His first Report, “ A Preliminary List of the 
Sculptured Stones of Scotland,” is printed in the Proceedings , vol. 
xxiv. p. 510. 
His second Report, “ On the Sculptured Stones older than a.d. 
1100, with Symbols and Celtic Ornament, in the district of 
Scotland north of the River Dee,” is published in the Proceedings , 
vol. xxv. p. 422. 
In 1892 Mr George F. Black was appointed to visit and report 
on the antiquities of the Culbin Sands, Morayshire. His Report, 
with numerous illustrations, is printed in the Proceedings , vol. 
xxv. p. 484. 
In 1893 Mr George F. Black was appointed to visit and report 
on the Scottish Antiquities preserved in the British Museum, and 
the Museums of S. Kensington, the Society of Antiquaries, the 
Guildhall, and the Tower of London, and in the Museum of 
Science and Art, Edinburgh. His Report, with illustrations, is 
printed in the Proceedings , vol. xxvii. p. 347. 
In 1894-98 Mr J. Romilly Allen was appointed to visit and 
make outline drawings or photographs of the Sculptured Stones in 
Scotland for the work on the Early Christian Monuments of 
Scotland to be issued by the Society, of which about 700 pages 
have been printed with nearly 2000 illustrations. 
In 1899 Mr E. R. Coles was appointed to commence a survey 
of the Stone Circles in the north-east of Scotland. His Report, 
with measured plans and drawings of upwards of twenty circles in 
and near the valley of the Dee, is printed in the Proceedings , vol. 
xxxiv. p. 139. 
In 1890 Mr E. R. Coles was again appointed to continue the 
survey of the Stone Circles of Scotland. His Report, including 
measured plans and drawings of over twenty circles in and near 
