11 PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. 
connection is to urge upon every member of the Photographic 
Section to send at least one print to the Exhibition, no matter how 
much his or her sense of modesty may dictate to the contrary. 
I know there is a strong feeling amongst some of our younger 
members, and amongst beginners generally, against placing their 
work in competition with that of more experienced photographers, 
but I think it would be a thousand pities if we left the whole, or 
nearly the whole, of our wall space to be taken up by competitors 
from a distance, although, of course, we welcome these very heartily 
as well. 
Since our last General Meeting two of our members, who, at one 
time or another, have taken a prominent part in our proceedings, 
have been taken from us by death. The first of these is the late 
Dr. F. I. White, who died on Saturday, 8th October. Dr. White, 
although not often seen at our meetings, continued up to the very 
close of his long life to take a warm interest in the Society, and 
especially in the Museum, for which his distinguished son, our 
lamented President, had done so much. The other loss to which 
I refer is that of the late Dr. Archibald Campbell, who was a keen 
and well-informed geologist, and who was seldom absent from our 
excursions when anything of geological interest was to be sought for. 
Yet another member of our Society connected with the medical pro¬ 
fession, namely, the late Dr. Simpson, has also passed away within 
the last few weeks. 
Coming now to the affairs of the Museum, it is with much 
pleasure I have to announce that since our last meeting the two 
public bodies to whom applications were made for grants have re¬ 
sponded in a most liberal and cordial manner. I refer to the County 
Council of Perthshire and the Town Council of Perth, both of whom 
have followed the example of the Perth School Board, and voted sums 
of twenty pounds each in recognition of the educational work being 
done by the Museum. These Grants afford great assistance and 
encouragement to us in the meantime, and we value them both as a 
public recognition of our work, and as an indication that ere long the 
Museum will be wholly supported out of the public funds. 
During the past summer the attendance at the Museum has con¬ 
tinued steadily to increase. In particular, there has been a very 
gratifying increase both in the attendance of school children, and in 
the interest which they take in the exhibits. One can hardly pass 
through the buildings on a Saturday afternoon or Wednesday evening 
without seeing one or more groups of children with pencil and note¬ 
book in hand, carefully reading the descriptive labels, or noting some 
feature of interest regarding the specimens. In this connection, I 
would remind the young people that their Essays must be sent to 
Mr. Ellison before 31st December next, and that in every case they 
must bear the name, address, age, school, and standard of the writer. 
I would also point out that the Competition is not confined to the 
Board Schools, but is open to children attending any school in Perth 
or Perthshire. 
Amongst those who have visited the Museum during the past 
months are several scientific men from a distance, some of whom 
