Clxvi PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. 
increase of 7 over the number for the previous year. More than 200 
volumes have been taken out. Additional shelves have been added 
to the Lending Library to accommodate the increasing number of 
volumes, and to many members, actively engaged in scientific work, 
the Reference Library is found to be an invaluable assistance. 
REPORT OF EDITOR. 
The Fifth Part (Vol. II., New Series) of the Transactions and 
Proceedings has been published and issued to members during the 
past year. 
The following Office-bearers were elected :— 
President —Henry Coates, F.R.S.E. 
Vice-Presidents —W. A. Patterson, C.E., Atholl Macgregor, James 
Bridges, Alfred Brown. 
Secretary —S. T. Ellison. 
Treasurer —John Stewart. 
Librarian —James Coates. 
Editor —William Barclay. 
Councillors —Dr. Andrew Thomson, F.R.S.E., F.C.S., F.I.C., James 
Morison, Robert Brown, F.E., R.N., Col. Campbell. 
Curator —Alex. M. Rr 1 er. 
The following papers were read : 
1. “Report on Plants Collected on Copper Island by Alex. M. 
Rodger.” * By William Barclay. 
2. “Notes by a Naturalist round Dunkeld.” By Charles MTntosh, 
Inver. In the absence of Mr. MTntosh, the paper was communicated 
by Mr. Alex. M. Rodger. (See Trans., Vol. II., page 223.) 
14th April, 1898. 
Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
The following donations were intimated :— 
Museum—Perthshire Collection. —Redwing—from Mr. Wm. White, 
Kirkgate. Larch Aphis—from Mr. Charles MTntosh, Inver. Index 
Collection. —Spruce Gall Aphis and specimen of Spruce showing 
injury, and Cones of Picea tiobilis and Anracaria excelsa —from Mr. 
Robert Smith, B.Sc., Dundee. Tusks of Pacific and Atlantic Walrus 
and of Narwhal—from Mr. Alex. M. Rodger. 
Library —Bulletin of American Museum of Natural History, 
Vol. IX.—from the U.S. Government. Proceedings of Nova Scotia 
Institute of Science, Vol IX., Part III.—from the Institute. 
*This paper will appear in the next Part of the Transactions. —Ed. 
