PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB. GENERAL MEETING. THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Club was held in the St Enoch's Hotel, Glasgow, on the evening of Friday, 4th December 1903, with the President, Mr William C. Smith, in the chair. The Minutes of the Fourteenth Annual General Meeting were read and approved. The Hon. Treasurer, Mr Napier, submitted his statement for the past year, showing a balance in favour of the Club of £185. 8s. 24d. The accounts were approved. The Hon. Secretary, Dr Inglis Clark, reported that ten new members had been elected to the Club, viz., J. W. Burns, T. E. Goodeve, T. D. Hunter, H. P. Macmillan, J. R. N. Macphail, J. H. A. M‘Intyre, W. Nelson, W. C. Newbigging, A. W. Peacock, and J. H. Wigner; that the membership of the Club was now 156. At the beginning of the year the membership of the Club had been 152, of whom two had died and four had resigned. The Hon. Librarian reported on the Clubroom, giving details of gifts to and purchases for the Library, and mentioning that the number of volumes in the Library had risen from 50 to 300. The Hon. Custodian of slides, Rev. A. E. Robertson, reported that some 900 slides were now in the collection, 140 being added to it during the year. He also stated that several members had taken advantage of the privilege of borrowing them, and that they had been shown several times during the year. The Hon. Editor wished to report, but no opportunity was given to him to do so, that the Journal had duly appeared at its stated periods during the past year, and that he was indebted to Mr Goggs for kindly attending to the preparation of the September number while he (the Editor) was absent in Canada. A grant of £15 was made to the Clubroom Committee for the purchase of maps and books for the Library. A grant of £5 was made to the Rev. A. E. Robertson for the upkeep of the slide collection. The office-bearers, with the exception of those retiring, were re-elected, and Messrs Raeburn and Garden were elected to take the places of Messrs Bell and R. A. Robertson, who retired from the Committee by rotation. It was decided to hold the New Year Meet at Fort William, and the one at Easter at Aviemore. The recommendation of the Committee re Life Membership was fully discussed and the principle affirmed, but it was ultimately decided to remit the question back to the Committee to be again brought up next year, the amendment being proposed by Sheriff Penney and seconded by the President. Mr Maclay moved, Mr Douglas seconding, that “the election of the President shall not take effect till the day after the General Meeting at which he has been elected," and this was duly carried. Mr Alex. Fraser moved reprinting of Vols. I. and II. of the Journal. This was vetoed by Mr Munro, who claimed copyright in "Munro's Tables." RECEPTION. Previous to the meeting, the Club held a Reception in the same hotel, which was well attended. A selection of the Club slides was shown by the Rev. A. E. Robertson. THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL DINNER. At the close of the General Meeting, the Annual Dinner was held in the St Enoch's Hotel, with the President, Mr William C. Smith, in the chair. The members present numbered forty-two, and the guests twenty-six. The toasts proposed at this dinner were: The King Mr W. C. Smith. The Alpine Club Reply Mr Solly. The Visitors Reply-Col. Forbes Macbean. The Scottish Mountaineering Club Mr W. C. Smith. Mr George Duncan. Sheriff Scott-Moncrieff Penney. Reply { Sheriff Guthrie. LIBRARY. THE following are the additions to the Library since the last issue of the Journal. The thanks of the Club are due to the donors, more especially to Mr Adam Smail, who, though not a member of the Club, has sent us a welcome and generous contribution to our shelves. Guide to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. The Alps. Prof. F. Umlauft, Ph.D. (1889) Ed. by F. Galton. (1861.) Containing inter alia "A Gossip on a Sutherland Hillside" The Geological Structure of Monzoni and Fassa. Maria M. Ogilvie Gordon. (1902-3) Transactions of the Seventh International Geographical Congress held at Berlin, 1899. 2 vols. Observations on a Tour through the Highlands The Antiquities of Arran. John M'Arthur. 2nd The Loiterer in Argyllshire. Christina B. Stewart. Prospects and Observations on a Tour in England and Scotland. Thomas Newte. (1791) Sketch of a Tour in the Highlands of Scotland. (1819) (Larkin) A Poet's Sketch-Book: Selections from the Prose Milner. (1894) The Tweed, and other Poems. John Veitch. (1875) Islands of Scotland in 1800. John Leyden. By whom presented (when not purchased). Purchased. Geo. Duncan. Autumnal Rambles among the Scottish Mountains. Rev. Thos. Grierson. 2nd Edition, greatly enlarged. (1851) Place-Names of Scotland. Rev. Jas. B. Johnston. 2nd Edition. (1903) Memoirs of the Geological Survey The Geology of North Arran, South Bute, (This book contains a bibliography The Geology of Lower Strathspey. (1902) Summary of Progress of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom for 1897-1902, 6 numbers. View of the Mineralogy, Agriculture, Manufactures, and Fisheries of the Island of Arran. Rev. Jas. Headrick. (1807) John Miller Gray: Memoir and Remains. 2 vols. (1895) Containing inter alia "Notes of Holidays in Arran." The Recess, or Autumnal Relaxation in the High- Description of the Western Isles of Scotland called Scottish Tourists' Steam-Boat Pocket Guide. (1835) New Picture of Scotland. 2 vols. (1807) A Visit to the Bass Rock. (Dalkeith, no date) Edition. (1842) By whom presented (when not purchased). Purchased. W. Douglas. Purchased. F. S. Goggs. W. Rae Macdonald. 2nd Steam-Boat Companion betwixt Perth and Dundee. (1838) Descriptive Atlas of Scotland, by J. P. Lawson, with a Scientific View of its Geology, and a Murray's Handbook for Norway. 7th Edition. Handbook for Switzerland, Savoy, and Pied- Nelson's Handbook to Scotland for Tourists. (1862) W. A. S(mith). (1885) Norway and its Scenery, with Road Book. (Bohn, 1853) Cary's New Itinerary. 2nd Edition. (1802) The Bass (Aberdeenshire), and other Sketches and Days in Thule, with Rod, Gun, and Camera, by The Catskill Mountains and the Regions Around, The Making of Aberdeenshire, by William Alexander, LL.D. (1888) British Association Excursion Handbook: Edin- The Grampians Desolate: A Poem, by Alexander Rutherfurd's Southern Counties' Register and Side Lights on the "Forty-Five" and its Heroes, by Adam Smail, Edinburgh. Norway, by W. C. Slingsby Rambles in Breadalbane, by M. Ferguson. (1891) - MAPS, &c. Kirkwood & Son's Travelling Map of Scotland. (Edinburgh, 1811.) (Folded in Case) Ordnance Survey 6-inch Sheets, lxxii. and lxxiii. (Fannich District) New Travelling Map of Scotland. (Edinburgh, 1825.) (Folded in Case.) Oliver & Boyd's Travelling Map of Scotland. (Edinburgh, no date, but previous to 1831) Panorama seen from the Observatory on the Summit of Ben Nevis. (Stirling, no date) PHOTOGRAPHS. Adam Smail. 13 The Author. The Publisher. |