Xll PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. 
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN. 
The Library remains in a necessarily all but stationary condition, 
both as regards the number of volumes and of readers, and there is 
consequently but little to report. With the exception of a very few 
books which, forming part of a series, have already been subscribed 
for, no additions have been made by purchase. Lack of funds renders 
this impossible • and it has also been found necessary, with a view to 
economy, to curtail the number of the less important periodicals. 
Although the selection of works is less varied than it might be made, 
still the election of new members from year to year allows the number 
of readers to be maintained at a fair point; but there is no doubt 
that it would become largely increased with an adequate supply of 
fresh literature. 
REPORT OF EDITOR. 
The part of the Proceedings which was issued during the past year 
forms the sixth and concluding annual part of the series. These 
parts, as you are aware, were to a large extent reprinted from the 
Perthshire Constitutional; and, for enabling us to do this, we are 
indebted to the reporters for publishing such full reports of the 
meetings. After due consideration, however, the Council has 
resolved to discontinue this plan of publication. In the future, there¬ 
fore, the Society will issue Transactions and Proceedings , specially 
printed, and containing those papers which are selected by a Publica¬ 
tion Committee as most suited for publication. This Committee will 
be guided in its selection by certain rules, those papers having the 
preference which contain the results of original scientific research, and 
especially those bearing on subjects connected with local Natural 
History. The amount of material published in the Transactions will 
depend on the funds at the disposal of the Council for this purpose. 
In the part of the Proceedings just issued will be found complete 
Index and List of Contributors, &c., to the volume. 
The following Office-bearers were elected :— 
President —F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S., F.E.S. 
Vice-Presidents —R. De Bruce Trotter, M.D., L.R.C.P.E., John 
Young, C.E., R. Brown, C.E., R.N., and William Barclay. 
Secretary —S. T. Ellison. 
Treasurer —John Stewart. 
Curator —Colonel H. M. Drummond Hay, C.M.Z.S. 
Librarian —James Coates. 
Editor —Henry Coates, F.R.P.S. 
Councillors —William Ellison, Captain D. M. Smythe, yr. of Methven, 
and R. H. Meldrum. 
Dr. Buchanan White, R. Pullar, Col. H. M. Drummond Hay, and 
S. T. Ellison were appointed Delegates to the meetings of the East of 
Scotland Union of Naturalists’ Societies. 
