Proceedings of Session, including Notes on Specimens, &c., for 1891-92

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Society's Rooms, 207 Bath Street, 15th October, 1891. Mr. Joseph Sommerville, Vice-President , in the Chair. The Chairman congratulated the members on the opening of a new session, hoping that they had come back from their summer rambles in renewed health and spirits, and that many results in the shape of papers and specimens would be forthcoming at future meetings. He then alluded to the death of one of the Society's oldest members—Mr. Walter Burns—who had been long an office-bearer and an occasional contributor to the Transactions . It was agreed that a note of his death should be recorded in the minutes, and that an expression of the regret of the members should be forwarded to Mrs. Burns. A Concretionary Nodule of Carbonate of Lime, remarkably resembling an organic form, from schistose rock near Troon, was sent for exhibition by Mr. John Kirsop. Mr. James White, Hon. Librarian , exhibited a number of Coral specimens from the Lias beds of Skye. Mr. White then read a paper entitled “A Glimpse of the Irish Highlands,” which was illustrated by numerous specimens of rocks and fossils. Some discussion on the points raised by the author followed, and was taken part in by the Chairman (Mr. Sommerville), Mr. John Young, F.G.S., Mr. Dugald Bell, and other members. Mr. D. C. Glen, F.G.S., then gave his Report as delegate to the recent (Cardiff) meeting of the British Association, which had been a very successful and enjoyable one. Society's Rooms, 207 Bath Street, 12th November, 1891. Annual This 250-word extract was created in the absence of an abstract