321 
of Edinburgh, {Session 1879-80. 
Brought forward, 385 
Turnbull, Esq. ; Dr John Charles Ogilvie Will ; Dr 
Andrew Wilson, 18 
Deduct Deceased. — Alexander J. Adie, Esq. ; John Blackwood, 
Esq. ; Dr Colledge; E. W. Dallas, Esq. ; Dr J. G. Fleming ; 
Edward J. Jackson, Esq. ; Professor Kelland ; Dr James 
M c Bain ; Professor Clerk-Maxwell ; Professor Nicol ; Dr 
Montgomerie Robertson ; J. F. Rodger, Esq. ; Dr J ohn 
Smith ; Sir Walter C. Trevelyan ; Arthur, Marquis of 
Tweeddale, ........ 15 
Resigned. — Professor Fuller ; 0. G. Miller, Esq. ; Pro- 
fessor John Young, ...... 3 
18 
Total number of Ordinary Fellows at November 1879, . 385 
Add Honorary Fellows, .54 
Total number of Ordinary and Honorary Fellows at com- 
mencement of Session 1879-80, 439 
During the last session the Keith Prize for the biennial period 
1875- 77 was awarded to Professor Heddle for his papers on the 
“ Rhombohedral Carbonates” and on the “Felspars of Scotland,” 
originally communicated to the Society, and containing important 
discoveries. The Makdougall-Brisbane Prize for the biennial period 
1876- 78 was awarded to Professor Geikie for his memoir “On the 
Old Red Sandstone of Western Europe,” which has been published 
in the Society’s Transactions, and forms one of an important series 
of contributions by Professor Geikie to the advancement of geological 
science. 
OBITUARY NOTICES. 
The Bev. Professor Kelland. By Professors Chrystal 
and Tait. 
Professor Kelland was the son of the Rev. Philip Kelland, 
who, at the time of the birth of his son, was rector of the parish of 
Dunster, in Somersetshire. Afterwards it would appear that he 
removed to Landcross, in Devonshire. Though an Oxford man him- 
self, he sent his son Philip to Queen’s College, Cambridge, where he 
greatly distinguished himself among his contemporaries, and in 1834 
stood at the head of the honour list as Senior Wrangler and First 
Smith’s Prizeman. Mr Kelland, who had taken orders in the Church 
of England, became Tutor of Queen’s College, and held the post for 
