Civ PROCEEDINGS-PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. 
largely taken advantage of, if not during the summer months, at least 
with the commencement of next winter season. 
Many kind donations have been made to the Library during the 
year, and the following donors are hereby cordially thanked :—Lady 
Millais, Sir Robert Pullar, Mr. H. Coates, Mr. Thomas Howie. 
REPORT OF EDITOR. 
The Editor reported that Part II. of Vol. II. of the Society’s 
Transactions , containing the papers on the Natural History of the 
Tay Valley, and also Part III. of the same volume, had been pub¬ 
lished during the year, and had been issued to members. 
The following Office-Bearers were elected :— 
President —Henry Coates, F.R.S.E. 
Vice-Presidents —Col. Campbell, Ex-Dean of Guild M‘Arthur, Lieut.- 
Col. Duthie, J. Ritchie, LL.B. 
Secretary —S. T. Ellison. 
Treasurer —John Stewart. 
Librarian —James Coates. 
Editor —William Barclay. 
Councillors —W. A. Patterson, C.E.; Dr. Carruthers, Atholl Macgregor, 
James Bridges. 
Curator —Alexander M. Rodger. 
The President delivered the following Address :— 
Gentlemen,— Our Twenty-ninth Session, which has just come 
to a close, has been one of exceptional interest in the annals of the 
Society. This Annual Meeting finds us at a turning-point in our 
career. On the one hand, the enterprise which has engrossed so 
much of our attention during the past few years has reached a 
successful termination, and with that termination has come increased 
prosperity and activity to the Society. On the other hand, we have 
to look to the future and to consider how best to maintain the 
prestige which we have achieved. This task will be the more 
difficult that we have lost so many of our leaders, to whom we 
looked for counsel and encouragement, but this very difficulty should 
stimulate us to increased effort. We cannot but mourn the loss of 
the veterans whose presence we miss at every turn, but at the same 
time let us use every means to encourage our younger workers to 
come forward and take the place of those who have fallen. What is 
wanted to make a Society like ours successful is a band of leaders, 
each of whom is an enthusiast in his (or her) own department of re¬ 
search, and who will affect others with the same spirit of enthusiasm. 
It will perhaps be useful at this point to review the recent pro¬ 
gress and present position of our Society in some of its aspects. 
The inauguration of the New Museum has naturally occupied 
most of our attention during the past months. Regarding the details 
of the opening ceremony it is unnecessary to remind you, except to 
