XCiv PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. 
R. Lawson. Hemiptera—from Mr. T. M. M‘Gregor, F.E.S. Photo¬ 
graph of Glen Turret—from Mr. W. Ellison. Framed Photograph of 
Group taken at Opening of Museum—from Mr. Henry Coates. Large 
Collections of Insects—-from Mr. T. M. M‘Gregor, F.E.S. Five large 
Photographs of Frozen Tay in February, 1895—from Mr. W. Ellison. 
Frames for do.—from Mr. Henry Coates. Index Collection .— 
Geological Specimens—from Rev. W. F. Craigie. Skulls of Seals 
from Davis Straits—from Mr. D. Deuchars and Mr. Wm. Lamb. 
Halobates from South Atlantic—from Mr. Francis Buchanan White. 
Library. —“Comrie Earthquakes,” “Sketches of Perthshire,” 
“ Natural History of Insects ”—from Mr. Henry Coates. 
A Harp Seal was exhibited, which had been caught in Inver- 
gowrie Bay, and which had been purchased by the Society. 
The President read the following Obituary Notice of the late 
Mr. John Young, C.E. 
Gentlemen, —At the Meeting of the East of Scotland Union 
of Naturalists’ Societies, on Saturday, 30th ult., I took occasion to 
refer to the services which had been rendered to this Society by 
Mr. John Young, who was present at the Meeting, and who listened 
with evident interest to all that was said about the Museum, in the 
construction of which he had played such an important part. How 
little we dreamed then that within less than twenty-four hours he was 
to be struck down by mortal illness, and that his labours on this 
earth were so nearly ended ! As I mentioned at the opening of the 
Museum on the previous day, the ranks of those who used to meet 
in St. Ann’s Lane some twenty years ago are rapidly being thinned, 
but amongst them all there was no more kindly or genial spirit 
than John Young. No harsh word ever escaped his lips, and if any 
difficulty or unpleasantness arose in his presence it was soon chased 
away by some joking remark. For eleven years, from 1874 to 1885, 
he acted as Honorary Secretary of the Society, and although he 
made no pretension of being a skilled naturalist, yet no one could 
have been more assiduous in managing the business affairs of the 
Society than he was. Until recent years, when the state of his health 
prevented him from engaging in very active exercise, he frequently 
attended the Society’s Summer Excursions, where his cheery presence 
was always welcomed. I need hardly remind you of the interest 
which he always took in our Museum, or of the fact that in his 
professional capacity he designed the original Museum building. 
It is this circumstance that gives an added pathos to his sudden 
removal from our midst, just after seeing the triumphal completion 
of his work. It is worthy of remark also that his death took place 
within a few hours of the anniversary of the death of Dr. Buchanan 
White, which it was our sad duty to record at our December meeting 
last year. 
On the motion of the President, seconded by Mr. James Bridges, 
it was agreed that the following Resolution be recorded in the 
Minutes, and that a copy of the same be sent to Mr. George P. K. 
