PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. CXX 111 
in their visits this year in school hours, under the supervision of their 
teachers, and out of school hours many of them constantly visited 
the Museum. 
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN. 
During the past year over 50 volumes have been added to the 
Library. Of these 746 have been purchased by the Society, and the 
remainder have been presented. Thanks are once more accorded to 
the donors of these works. 
A glance at the Library shelves will reveal the fact that their 
capacity is becoming severely taxed, and the time is rapidly 
approaching when the accommodation of books will become a 
serious problem. 
Another result of the increase in the number of books is that the 
necessity for a new catalogue is becoming clamant. The work of 
compiling this catalogue has already been commenced, and it is 
hoped that it will be ready for issuing before next season. 
Forty-five Members have borrowed books during the year, and 
185 books have been issued from the Lending Department. In 
addition to this, the Reference Library has been largely taken 
advantage of. Only those who are actively engaged in Natural 
History study can form an idea of how valuable the Reference 
Library is, and what a boon it is to those who would be otherwise 
debarred from carrying on such study. 
REPORT OF EDITOR. 
The Third Part of Vol. III., New Series, of the Transactions 
and Proceedings of the Society has been published and issued to 
Members during the year. Copies of the Society’s Transactions a?id 
Proceedings have been sent to 37 Institutions (British and Foreign), 
and in exchange many valuable additions to the Library have been 
received. 
The following Office-Bearers were elected :— 
President —Henry Coates, F.R.S.E. 
Vice-Presidents —The Right Hon. the Earl of Mansfield, James 
Menzies, Miss M. Thomas, L.L.A., Miss Macnab, L.L.A. 
Secretary —S. T. Ellison. 
Treasurer —Alfred Brown. 
Librarian —James Coates. 
Editor —William Barclay. 
Councillors —R. D. Pullar, Robert Lawson, Atholl MacGregor, 
James Stewart. 
Curator —A. M. Rodger. 
Treasurer of Museum Fund —James Morison. 
r Phe President then delivered the following Address :— 
Ladies and Gentlemen,— As you are aware, my Address is put 
down in the Syllabus for the April meeting, along with Mr. James 
Stewart’s paper. Owing, however, to the lamented death of Mr. 
Macpherson, and also to my own impending visit to America, it has 
