PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. XVII 
The following Office-Bearers were elected :— 
President —Henry Coates, F.R.S.E. 
Vice-Presidents —James Bridges, Alfred Brown, Dr. Andrew Thomson, 
F.R.S.E., F.C.S., F.I.C., James Morison. 
Secretary —S. T. Ellison. 
Treasurer —John Stewart. 
Librarian —James Coates. 
Editor —William Barclay. 
Councillors —R. Brown, F.E., R.N., Col. Campbell, The Right Hon. 
The Earl of Mansfield, James Menzies. 
Curator —Alex. M. Rodger. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. “The Larch Diseases.” By Alex. Pitcaithley. (See Trans ., 
Vol. III., Part I., page 37.) 
2. “A Note on Recent Researches into the Nervous System.” 
By Dr. Urquhart. Illustrated by specimens shown under microscopes. 
13th April, 1899. 
Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
The following paper was read :— 
“ Seals and Fur Seals.” By Alex. M. Rodger. 
The President delivered the following Address :— 
Gentlemen,— My first duty this evening, after thanking you for 
re-electing me your President for another year, is to congratulate you 
on the continued prosperity of the Society, as revealed in all the 
Reports which were read at the recent Annual Meeting. The 
statistics which these contained speak for themselves as regards 
membership, finance, &c., but I think our Transactions will also 
bear evidence that, as regards original scientific research, the Society 
has not been forgetful of its primary function. There are one or two 
matters with regard to the work of the past session to which I should 
like to refer very briefly before proceeding to the subject of my 
address. 
It is now just about a year since the late Dr. Buchanan White’s 
“Flora of Perthshire” was published by the Society. Of the total 
edition of five hundred which was printed, about one-half has been 
disposed of by subscription and sale, thus leaving a very considerable 
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