6S 
ANNUAL MEETING, 
HELD ON THURSDAY, 3d MARCH, 1870. 
This meeting was held in the Glover’s Hall on the 
evening of Thursday last, when the report of the 
Council was read by the Secretary, and the Treasurer 
gave a statement of the funds. From these reports 
it appeared that very little progress had been made 
in increasing the objects in the museum, but that 
considerable additions had been made to the library 
which now numbered over 50 volumes, and that good 
facilities, which were taken advantage of, were given 
for reading the books and periodicals ; that two 
Conversaziones had been held during the session 
which were well patronized, and had been the 
means of increasing public interest in the pro¬ 
ceedings of the Society; that a goodly list of 
species had been added to the local lists during the 
session, and that the funds in the Treasurer’s hands, 
after deducting the expense of furnishing the museum 
and purchasing the books, amounted to £19 17s 7d. 
These statements were considered highly satisfactory, 
and the reports were unanimously approved of. 
The following office-bearers were then elected— 
namely, Dr Buchanan White, President; John 
Dawson and James Lamb, Vice-Presidents ; John 
Winter, Joseph Stevenson, and W. C. Dewar, Coun¬ 
cillors ; A. T. Scott. Secretarj^ ; James Henderson, 
Treasurer; and James Stewart, Curator and Librarian. 
Address by the President. 
Dr Buchanan White, in returning thanks on be¬ 
half of himself and the new elected office-bearers, said 
—To-day the Society has entered upon the fourth 
year of its existence, and I think that we should con¬ 
gratulate ourselves upon the fact that the three first, 
and probably the most momentous years of our life 
as a Society have been passed in safety. I say most 
momentous, for it is the progress made during the 
second and third years of its existence which decides 
whether an association such as the Perthshire Society 
of Natural Science shall stand or fall. In the first 
year everything is novel, there is a plethora of papers 
