Vol 6 - Dumfriesshire & Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian ...

PROCEEDINGS AND TRANSACTIONSOF THEDUMFRIESSHIRE AND GALLOWAYNatural History and Antiquarian Society.SESSIOIT18SV-88.nth October, 1887.ANNUAL MEETING.Mr James G. H. Starke, M.A., Vice-President, in the Chair.Twenty-six members present.New Member.—Mr William Moodie, Solicitor.Donations.—A section of the rock obtained from the sinkingof the Artesian Well at Troqueer Mills, from Mr W. A. F. Coupland;two specimens of native ore—silver and copper—and a largebarnacle, from Dr Bruce of Castle Dykes ; a stone whorl found atCanonbie, from Mr William M'Dowall ] a MS. copy of the MinuteBook of the Trades Incorporation of the date IGOl, from MrsPearce ; the 6th Annual Eeport of the Bureau of Ethnology(United States) ;the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution,1885 ; three Annual Reports of the Elisha Mitchell Society ; theTransactions of the Glasgow Natural History Society, the BelfastNaturalists' Society, the New York Academy of Sciences ; theAnnual Report of the British Association, 1886 ;nine parts of theJournal of the Linnean Society, from Mr Robinson-Douglas ;andeight volumes of the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, forwhich the Committee had exchanged Ethnological specimens fromNew Zealand.