Download or read book Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow, 1878, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) written by Natural History Society of Glasgow and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow, 1878, Vol. 3 Professor John Young, M.D., F.R.S.E., President, in the chair. The Treasurer submitted his Annual Financial Statement, which showed a balance in favour of the Society of 104 17s. 1d. The Secretary read the report of the Council on the business of last session, and the Librarian reported on the state of the Library. The reports were considered satisfactory. The following gentlemen were elected office-bearers for the session: - Professor John Young M.D., F.R.S.E., President; James Stirton, M.D., F.L.S., James Ramsay, and Thomas Chapman, Vice-Presidents; Robert Mason, Secretary; Thomas S. Hutcheson, Treasurer; Peter Cameron, Librarian; J. Barclay Murdoch, D. Corse Glen, F.G.S., Archibald Gilchrist, James Coutts, Hugh M'Bean, John Kirsop, Donald Dewar, M.D., James Lumsden, and Duncan M'Lellan, Members of Council. Messrs Stephen Cooke and Joseph Robertson were elected ordinary members of the Society. Specimens Exhibited. Dr F. P. Flemyng, F.R.G.S., exhibited a fine specimen of the Calamary or Squid (Loligo vulgaris), which had been thrown up on the beach at Dunoon in March last. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."