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Donations.(1) Relics from the links south of Hedderwick Sands and west of Hedder-

wick Burn, on the Tyne Estuary near Dunbar, East Lothian. Of theseveral hundred Neolithic and Bronze Age potsherds many were describedby the late J. Graham Callander in the Proceedings, vol. Ixiii. The collectionalso includes four hundred flint implements and various objects of stone.Presented by the finder, JAMES S. RICHARDSON, F.S.A.Scot., with thepermission of the Right Hon. the Earl of Haddington, M.C., T.D., F.S.A.Scot.,President.

(2) Bronze palstave from Gavinston, Duns, and a collection of stoneimplements, including over eight hundred of flint and very many fragments,from Lauderdale and adjacent areas. About a hundred of the flint imple-ments come from the prolific Airhouse Farm. Presented by the late H.REABMAN, Maxwell Place, Kelso.

(3) Various stone objects found on Airhouse Farm, Lauderdale. Dumb-bell-shaped bronze stud, length -85 inch, having a serrated collar on eitherside of the central bar, probably from Newstead Fort (fig. 1,4). Presentedby J. R. FORTUNE, Corresponding Member.

(4) Twenty-six worked flints and three of chert; three spindle whorls;a jet pendant, -9 inch by -85 inch by -2 inch, in the form of a Maltese cross,having inscribed on one face six dot-and-circles. Found on the Farm ofTrabroun, Lauder, Berwickshire. Flint knife found by the donor on Flock-house Farm, Blairadam, Kinross-shire. Presented by GEORGE S. GUTHRIE,Cockairney Feus, Cleish, Kinross.

(5) Tanged and barbed arrow-head and the butt-half of a flint knife.Found by the donor, S. G. FINGLAND, in his garden at 100 Carrick KnoweAvenue, Edinburgh.

(6) Lop-sided arrow-head of dark grey-brown flint, found near theKnaps, Killellan, Kilmalcolm, by the late Norman Deggerman, the donor'sgrandfather. (See Notes, p. 179.) Presented by Miss C. M. MULLINS,F.S.A.Scot.

(7) Two small flint cores and a worked flake, found in the garden of"Fourwinds," Port Dunbar, Wick, by the donor, CHARLES BEGG, F.S.A.Scot.

(8) Carved ball of granite, having six low cylindrical bosses. Labelled"TAR CARIDE N.B.," believed to be from Aberdeenshire. Presented byA. D. LACAILLE, F.S.A.Scot.

(91 Stone ball, grey-green in colour, having six flat knobs, found in the

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Husky Burn, Port of Menteith, Perthshire. Presented by A. MAcKBiTH,Fettes College, Edinburgh.

(10) Stone axe of dark grey schist with rough surface, length 6-4 inches,found at Gallow Hill, Monikie, Angus. Presented by JAMES F. ANTON,Bridge of Cally, Perthshire.

(11) Axe of polished flint, patinated yellow-brown, one corner broken,the edges slightly flattened. Found at Caldhame, Kinnordy, Angus, in1835, and formerly in the Lyell collection. Presented by the GEOLOGICALDEPARTMENT, University of Edinburgh, per Professor S. Piggott, B.Litt.,F.S.A.Scot.

(12) Grooved hammer-stone consisting of an oval pebble of igneousrock, found at Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire. Presented by F. SULLEY,The Lodge, The Avenue, Bedford Park, London, W. 4.

(13) Hammer consisting of the base of a red-deer antler, length 3-75inches, maximum diameter of shaft hole 1-05 inch. Found at Watnall,Nottingham, "in the sandstone rock." Presented by J. BRELSFORD, FooShan, Fairlight Cove, Sussex.

(14) Two sherds of a Neolithic B rim, found on Glenluce Sands by thedonor, JAMES S. RICHARDSON, F.S.A.Scot.

(15) Relics from excavations .at Rinyo, Rousay, Orkney, in 1946.(See above, pp. 34—42.) Fragmentary Neolithic bowl of dark corky ware,and part of the upper part of another of rather gritty ware, black at thecore, both decorated in Unstan fashion, from a chambered cairn at KierfeaHill,, Rousay. Fragments of rather coarse hard reddish-buff pottery froma mound underneath the farm of Swandale, Sourin, Rousay. Fragmentsof a quadrangular steatite urn with two grooves below the rim, and a cleat-like object of steatite 2 inches long, from a cist at Trumland, Rousay. Relicsfrom the excavation of a long house at Swandro, Rousay. Presented by thelate WALTER G. GRANT of Trumland, F.S.A.Scot.

(16) Food-vessel, found in a short cist near Abernethy, Perthshire.(See Notes, p. 185.) Presented by PERTH COUNTY COUNCIL.

(17) Five food-vessels and portions of two others; cast of miniaturefood-vessel, -8 inch high; half a dozen pieces of an undecorated vessel witha red exterior; eleven barrel-shaped beads of jet; sixty-eight disc-shapedjet beads, -25 inch or less in diameter, and three white ones; triangularsplinter of flint; modern brass ring. From Greenhill Cairn, Balmerino, Fife.(See Proceedings, vol. xxxvi. pp. 635-53.) Several of the vessels have beenon loan in the Museum for many years. Presented by Captain H. J.SCRYMGEOUR-WEDDERBURN, Birkhill House, Balmerino, Fife.

(18) Upper portion of a food-vessel, found in a cist during the excavationof a cairn at Kalemouth, Roxburghshire, in 1932. Presented byHis Grace THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH, Drumlanrig Castle, Thornhill,Dumfriesshire.


(19) Fragments of a collared cinerary urn, an iron object, and a flintscraper, from the excavation in 1927 of a cairn on the Kip, Falla, Oxnam,Roxburghshire. (See Notes, p. 183.) Fragment of the upper portion of areddish food-vessel (fig. 1, 1), found in a small cairn on Camphouse Farm,close to Camptown, Roxburghshire. Fragments of a grey food-vessel, withblack core and inner surface, rim diameter estimated 6 inches (fig. 1, 2)—thisvessel is extremely similar to one from Alwinton, Northumberland (B.M.Bronze Age Guide, 1920, p. 69 and fig. 60); knife of pale grey flint, 2-2 incheslong, -6 inch wide, retouched on both edges of the upper face, half of oneedge being finely serrated, and another 1-6 inch long, 1-2 inch wide, the longsides retouched on alternate faces, both from under one of the kerb stones;from a grave-circle about 12 feet across, surrounded with stones, at about800 feet O.D. on Camphouse Farm, near the Romano-British Fort, Edgerston.Portions of a reddish beaker, estimated height 8-5 inches, decorated withroughly executed notched impressions criss-crossed in horizontal zones, fromEdgerston Estate. Presented by Mrs F. S. OLIVER, F.S.A.Scot.

(20) Cinerary urns from the Late Bronze Age cemetery at Pinkie Mains(West), Musselburgh. (See Notes, p. 177.) Presented by MUSSELBURGHTOWN COUNCIL.

(21) Late Bronze Age penannular "lock-ring" of gold, diameter 1-05inch, of hollow triangular cross-section, each side consisting of a separatethin corrugated strip, joined together by folding the edges over (PI. XXIV, 1).Found near the Biggar Water, Boghall, Lanarkshire. Presented by thefinder, Miss G. I. C. GOVAN, 43 Nile Grove, Edinburgh.

(22) Bronze double-edged razor and part of its wooden sheath, foundin Laughton's Knowe Cairn, Holm, Orkney. (See Notes, p. 173.) Presentedby P. SUTHERLAND GRAEME, F.S.A.Scot.

(23) Relics from Midhowe Broch, Rousay, Orkney. (See Proceedings,vol. Ixviii.) Bequeathed by WALTER G. GRANT of Trumland.

(24) Fragments of hand-made pot rims (fig. 1, 5-7), walls, and bases, oneof the latter having in the centre an impressed dot-and-circle made with thefinger-tips; pounders of pink granite; small steatite mould for a ring, -75inch in diameter; small lumps of pumice; part of a cast-iron cannon ball.From the Cumlins, Olnesfirth, Shetland (Royal Commission Inventory, No.1363). Found when the edge of the mound was encroached upon by about3 feet in constructing a farm road in. 1935-37. (The vessel from the samesite described in Proceedings, vol. Ixxi. p. 23, is now illustrated in fig. 1, 8.)Presented by JOHN SUTHERLAND, The Cumlins, Olnesfirth, through PeterMoar, Corresponding Member.

(25) Fragments of a vessel of black pottery, having a bevel on the insideof the lip and a sharp shoulder 1 inch below the rim. Found under 4 feet ofpeat about J mile north-east of the houses of Murrion, Eshaness, Northmavine,Shetland. Portion of a slab of red sandstone, sculptured on one side,

Fig. 1.(1 and 2) Food-vessels from Edgerston, Roxburghshire; (3) Silver hand-pin, Freswiok, Caithness;

(4) Bronze stud, Newstead Fort; (6-8) Pottery from OInesflrth, Shetland.(No. I two-thirds; Nos. 3 and 4/wB size; all the rest half-size.)

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including near the edge four or five ogham letters (PI. XXII, 4): the twoapparent scores between N and A are much less definite than the others,and their ends were certainly not joined, while what might be interpretedas dots on either side of the stem line separating the words are probablyaccidental bruises. Portion of a slab of grey sandstone having a meanderpattern sculptured on one side. Both from Whiteness, Shetland, havingoriginally been dug up in the churchyard there. Presented by PETEE MoAR,Corresponding Member.

(26) Penannular bronze brooch, less pin; the ring, 2-6 inches in diameter,is very thin, of circular cross-section, and has thicker elongated triangularterminals with faint traces of mouldings of zoomorphic character. Foundabout 1887 in a "Picts House" at Shurreray, Caithness. Ring-headedbronze pin and a slate whetstone found in the Viking grave at Reay(described in Proceedings, vol. Ixi). Bronze strap-end found on SandsideLinks, Reay, Caithness. • (See Proceedings, vol. Ixiii. p. 139.) Presented byALAN D. PILKINGTON, F.S.A.Scot.

(27) Relics from the excavation of two homesteads, Crock Cleuch,Morebattle, Roxburghshire (see above, pp. 151—5). Presented by P. J.BRTJCE, Mervinslaw, Jedburgh, per K. A. Steer, F.S.A.Scot.

(28) Relics from the further excavation of a hut-circle in BraidwoodFort, near Penicuik, Midlothian. Presented by I. G. H. WARDEN, SouthSlipperfield, West Linton.

(29) Cross-slab of sandstone, 2 feet 9 inches high, 1 foot 8-5 inches wideat top, and 1 foot 4-5 inches wide at bottom (described in Early ChristianMonuments as Invergowrie No. 1): the edges are now seen to be carved—on top, a single row of key-pattern in squares; on the sides, a four-cordinterlace broken by symmetrical loops. Part of a cross-slab of sandstone,1 foot 5 inches high by 1 foot 5 inches wide (Early Christian Monuments,Invergowrie No. 2); it has suffered very considerably from the weather.Removed from the Old Kirk of Dargie, Invergowrie, for safe keeping, by theMinistry of Works, after consultation with the General Trustees of the Churchof Scotland and Monifieth District Council.

(30) Wooden tub, the sides cut out of a single piece. Warped fragments,probably of the tub's lid. Fragments of a small tub found inside the first,and consisting of several staves having horizontal slots cut in them on theoutside for dovetailing them together. Found some 5 feet below the originalsurface of a peat moss at Priesthoulland, Eshaness, Northmavine, Shetland.Presented by the finder, THOMAS THOMASON, Priesthoulland, Eshaness.

(31) Two roughly shaped sharpening-stones of schist, dug up in a peatmoss about 500 yards north-west of Easter Alemoor Farmhouse, Hawick.Presented by Mr FERGTJSON, Easter Alemoor, Hawick, per A. Graham,F.S.A.Scot.

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bearing the following inscription; "Piece of the sere cloth, taken-from thebody of King Robert the Bruce when exhumed, given to my brother, W. F.Watson, by Charles Kilpatrick Sharpe. Helen Aberdeen Watson. Partof which my brother gave me. H. A.W." Presented by E. HAMILTONGORDON, 30 Shrewsbury Road, Oxton, Birkenhead.

(33) Pointed oval seal matrix of bronze, 2-65 inches by 1-75 inch(PL XXIV, 2), found in 1946 near some foundations beside an old road infield 71 (O.S., Northants, LXI. N.W.), Furtho Manor, Northamptonshire. Afull-length facing bishop's figure, staff in one hand, the other raised in blessing,stands within a narrow Gothic arcade: above, in an elaborate trefoil-headedniche, are the Virgin and Child half length; at the sides, outwith the arcade,is the legend • S: HERICI • D'l. GRA • | • EPI • ABERDONEN. Gildingremains in the engraved parts of the matrix and on the edge, and there aretraces on the back also. There was no spine or knob on the back, the onlysign of any attachment being a crack in the metal at either end and the factthat the lower end has been broken off, which suggest a swivel mounting.

Henry de Lychtone, bishop of Aberdeen 1422—40, may be ruled outentirely on stylistic grounds, though his seal is not known. The only otherHenry, le Chen (1281—1328), is known to have had a totally dissimilar seal.1The troubles of his times and his very long and chequered tenure might wellexplain a second seal, and the present find-spot. In that period, too, sealdesigners abandoned the plain bishops' figures for more elaborate devices,2and their experimentation might have exceptionally combined the half-lengthMadonna 3 with the standing bishop, not to speak of the general elabora-tion of detail on our matrix. Dr Marguerite Wood, however, points outthat the lettering is also peculiar. Presented by W. J. JONES, Furtho Manor,by Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, per the Northamptonshire Record Society.

(34) Fragment of the rim and lug of a hand-made pot, probably mediaeval,of hard coarse fabric with a slip. Estimated diameter 10-5 inches, lip sharplyeverted to form a brim c. 1 inch wide. Found in Barbush sandpit, Dunblane,Perthshire. Presented by A. FLEMING, Barbush, Dunblane.

(35) Three-legged bronze ewer, found in old disused burial-ground onInnischonain, Loch Awe, Argyll, by Horace V. Blyth (son of E. L. I. Blyth,North Berwick), about the year 1885. Presented by GERALD P. MANDEB,F.S.A., The Dippons, Compton, Wolverhampton.

(36) Three-legged skillet, 7-2 inches high, much damaged, and brassspoon with seal-top knop, found together in the moss at the Loch of Bal-shando, Lundie, Angus, over a century ago. Presented by Miss HELEN G.HENDERSON, 362 Blackness Road, Dundee.

(37) Six tempera paintings on wood of the Sybils—Persica, Libica,

1 W. de G. Birch, History of Scottish Seals, No. 67.2 Birch, op. cit., vol. ii. p. 17,3 C/. Birch, Nos. 71 and 93.


Delphica, Cumsea, Erythreea, and Samia, and an oak screen bearing initialsand the date "1629"; from the old house of Wester Livilands, Stirling.(See Proceedings, vol. xxxiii. p. 387.) Presented by H. J. H. DRUMMOND,M.A., F.S.A.Scot.

(38) Arm-chair of pinewood, height 3 feet 10 inches. AB Q IH, withdate 1671 below, carved on head-piece, and pairs of scrolls at top of head-piece and in front below seat. From near Darvel, Ayrshire. Presentedby Mrs Gr. B. ROBERTSON, G-ateside Farm, Linlithgow.

(39) Bottle of dark, greenish-brown glass, globular shape, height 10-4inches. Presented by R. MURRAY, The Willows, Grassendale Park,Liverpool 19.

(40) Parti-coloured wooden wine-slide, 5-5 inches in diameter, havingan inlaid star in the centre, and the sides composed of staves feathered insideand diced outside. Presented by A. O. CURLE, C.V.O., LL.D., F.S.A.,F.S.A.Scot.

(41) Length of fine hard tartan cloth of wool and silk, 26-5 inches by73-5 inches, with initials IMP embroidered in one corner. This is theMacpherson of Crubin "plaid" mentioned in Mclan's Highlanders at Home,1848, pp. 118-19. Presented by Miss DOROTHEA I. HARRISON, "Sliab Fana,"Newcourt Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow.

(42) Cream-coloured brocaded silk dress with underskirt, embroideredwith many coloured floral design, also in silk, and having cream-colouredcrochet work on front panels of dress and sleeves outlined in red silk thread.Long piece of Brussels bobbin lace. The dress, with the lace, is believed tohave been worn at the Court of George II. Two pairs of lady's embroideredshoes. Paisley harness plaid of finely woven black cloth, with border; thisshawl belonged to the donor's mother, in the 1860's. Presented by MrsM. A. HAMILTON, Delgany, Jordans, near Beaconsfield, Bucks.

(43) Highland purse of chamois leather with brass clasp, the inside linedwith blue silk and the outside covered with white damasked silk of whichonly part remains. Sold about 1870 as having belonged to Prince CharlesEdward. Presented by Miss ELSIE J. KERR and Miss EILEEN M. KERR,78 St Saviours Road, St Leonards-on-Sea.

(44) Eight eighteenth-century trade tokens. Presented by DUNCANS. NAPIER, 3 Marchhall Road, Edinburgh, per J. R. Lockie, F.S.A.Scot.

(45) Seven eighteenth-century trade tokens. Presented by A. R.CROSS, M.C., F.S.A.Scot.

(46) Pewter tappit hen, height 10-5 inches, having scratched on theoutside of the lid the initials IS EW. (See Proceedings, vol. Ixxx. p. 154.)Presented by Miss D. RENNIE, 103 Glasgow Road, Bathgate.

(47) Brass fishing-reel, formerly belonging to Sir Walter Scott. Presentedby Mrs M. N. CHRISHOP, 95 Mount Road South, Sunderland.

(48) Wooden tobacco pipe with screw-on bowl and horn mouthpiece,


which belonged to the donor's grandfather. Presented by D. A. H. BROWN,L.D.S., 7 Salisbury Place, Edinburgh.

(49) Horn spoon, deep bowl 6 inches by 5-2 inches across, taperinghandle 9-2 inches long. Probably from Fife. Presented by J. J. COOPER.

(50) Wooden bowl turned out of one piece, height 5 inches, externalrim diameter 11-8 inches. Formerly used as communal "brose caup" bythe hired men at Cairncake Farm, Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire. Presentedby Mrs M. COOK, Schoolhouse, Whithorn.

(51) Double-heart-shaped brooch of silver, 3-1 inches high, 2-2 inchesbroad; the rather elaborately scrolled members are engraved with leaf andscroll designs. On back hall-mark: thistle, WM, Gothic I damaged; aboveHead of William IV; below Gothic I. (Probably Edinburgh 1840-41.)Presented by JAS. TAIT, F.S.A.Scot.

(52) Small white metal medal commemorating the repeal of the CornLaws, 1846. Presented by Miss VERONA Gow, 19 India Street, Edinburgh.

(53) Knitting sheath of plain mahogany, length 6-9 inches. Presentedin the name of Mrs MARYANN MCCALLTJM.

(54) White silk parasol embroidered in white, a silk fringe at the top andedge; slender folding handle of ivory, with two silk tassels attached, andcarved ivory tip and ring; overall length 28|- inches. Presented by MrsAGNES KNIGHT, Brunswick Road, Douglas, Isle of Man.

Purchases.

(1) Socketed bronze axe with loop, from near Forres.(2) Stone cup of globular shape, with an ornamental groove below the

rim. Carved ball of grey-blue stone, with six low knobs, considerablydamaged. No provenance.

(3) Cast, in bronze, of the La Tene bronze sword scabbard found nearBargany House, Dailly, Ayrshire, and now preserved in St Andrews Uni-versity (PL XXV). By permission of the University Court.

(4) Silver "hand-pin," the lower half of the shank bent slightly (fig. 1, 3),4 inches long. On the face two "trumpets " rise from a central roundel filledwith blue enamel, subdividing the spandrels, which are filled with palegreen enamel marbled with red; the same green and red enamel fills threegrooves on the edge, and there are also traces of green enamel in the front ofthe three "fingers" which surmount the head. Found in a ruined structureon Freswick Links, Caithness.

(4a) Bronze strap-end, 1-8 inch long, with decoration cast in high relief(PI. XXIV, 4). Ascribed by Professor Haakon Shetelig, Hon.F.S.A.Scot.,to the Norse eleventh-century "Urnes style." Found on Freswick Links,Caithness.

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(5) Alexander III long double cross silver penny; Alexander III silverfarthing.

(6) Electrotype of the back and front of the "Kames Brooch," long pre-served by the Bannatyne family (PL XXIV, 3). Front, six small dragons inhigh relief, each grasping the rear paws of the one in front with mouth andleft front paw, their tails being round each other's necks. Engraved inrelief on the back, + (Maltese) IHESUS * NAZARENUS * CRUCIFIXUS *REX IUDEORM (sic) * IASPER ? * MEL x

xx PCHIOR £ A in two con-

centric lines; and incised on the pin, ATROPA. The original is in thepossession of Sir Malcolm Macgregor of Macgregor, who gave permission forthe electros to be made.

(7) Silver forty-shilling piece of James VI, 1582. Formerly in theCochran-Patrick Collection.

(8) Silver medal commemorating the battle of Sheriffmuir, 1715. Silvermedal commemorating Reduction of Carlisle, 1745.

DONATIONS TO AND PURCHASES FOR THE LIBRARY,1946-47.

Donations.(1) Memoirs of an Amateur Musician. By Edmund H. Fellowes, C.H.

Presented by the Publishers, METHUEN & Co.(2) James Beattie's London Diary. Presented by ABERDEEN UNI-

VERSITY LIBRARY.(3) Scotland Before the Scots. By V. Gordon Childe. Rhind Lecture

for 1943. Presented by THE AUTHOR.(4) Official Guide of Abbey of Inchcolm.

Elgin Cathedral.Dirleton Castle.The Abbey of Melrose.Sweetheart Abbey.The Castle of Stirling.The Priory of Inchmahome.The Castle of Balvenie.The Abbey of Dundrennan.

Official Guide of The Castle of Edinburgh. By James S. Richardson,F.S.A.Scot.

All presented by H.M. MINISTRY OF WORKS.(5) Hallstattidens Relativa Kronologi, Del. 1. Hallstatt A och B. By

Sigge Hommerberg.(6) Clan Chattan, vol. ii. No. 1.


(7) The Churches and Churchyards of Teviotdale. By James Robson.Dating of the Past. By Frederick E. Zeuner, D.Sc.A History of English Clocks. By R. W. Symonds.Scottish Monuments and Tombstones. Two volumes. By Charles

Rogers, LL.D.Presented by ROBERT B. K. STEVENSON, M.A., F.S.A.Scot.(8) Carrick Gallovidian. By J. Kevan McDowall, F.S.A.Scot. Pre-

sented by THE AUTHOK.(9) Journal of the Manx Museum, vol. v. Nos. 72-73.(10) The Coinage of Scotland. By Edward Burns, F.S.A.Scot. Three

volumes. Presented by The Right Hon. THE EARL OP HADDINGTON, M.C.,T.D., F.S.A.Scot.

(11) Sword Moulds and Currency Bars. By E. Wyndham Hulme.Presented by THE AUTHOR.

(12) Walsingham. By H. M. Gillett, F.S.A.Scot. Presented by THEAUTHOR.

(13) Calendar of State Papers—Domestic, Addenda 1660-1685.Calendar of Treasury Books, vol. xvii. part i. (1702).Calendar of State Papers. Spanish. Further supplement to vols. i.

and ii.Calendar of Treasury Books, vol. xvii. part ii. (1702).Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry VI, vol. v. (1447-54).Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry VI, vol. vi. (1454-61).Calendar of State Papers. Venetian, 1673-1675.Presented by His MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT.(14) The Sutton Hoo Ship Burial. Presented by the TRUSTEES OF THE

BRITISH MUSEUM.(15) Nieuwe Drentsche Volksalmanak, 1936-1945.Five Offprints (various).Presented by Professor A. E. VAN GIFFEN, F.S.A.Scot.(16) Society of Friends of Dunblane Cathedral, vol. v. part i.(17) Die Schatzfunde Gotlands der Wikingerzeit. By Martin Stenberger.

Presented by KUNGL. VITTERHETS AKADEMIE, Stockholm.(18) Hawick Place Names. By W. S. Robson, F.S.A.Scot. Presented

by THE AUTHOR.(19) Aberdeen University Studies No. 123—The Founding of Marischal

College, Aberdeen. By the Rev. G. D. Henderson, D.D., D.Litt., F.S.A.Scot.Presented by THE UNIVERSITY.

(20) The Great Palace of the Byzantine Emperors. Presented by SirDAVID RUSSELL, LL.D., F.S.A.Scot.

(21) Fifteen parcels of Rubbings of Cup-marked Stones in Kintyre. Bythe late Mrs Macalister Hall of Killean, Kintyre. Presented by Mr DUNCANCOLVILLE on behalf of the Kintyre Antiquarian Society.

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(22) A Medieval Bronze Bowl from Leicester. By Frank CotterDl, M.A.(23) Kungl. Vitterhets Akademie Publication—Stenaldersboplatserna

vid Siretorp i Blikinge. By Axel Bagge and Knut Kjellmark. Presentedby AXEL BAGGE.

(24) Catalogue of Musee Archeologique Liegeois, 1929. Presented byMrs C. M. PIGGOTT, F.S.A., F.S.A.Scot.

(25) Proceedings of the Spelseological Society of the University ofBristol, vol. v. No. 3.

(26) Annals of Elgin. By Robert Young.History of Province of Moray. Three volumes. By L. Shaw.History of Moray and Nairn. By C. Rampini.Cordiner's Views. By Charles Cor diner.History of Nairnshire. By George Bain,Nether Lochaber. By the Rev. A. Stewart.Elgin Kirk Session Records. By Wm. Cramond.Barclays of Urie. By Henry Mill.History of Episcopal Church in Moray. By J. B. Craven.Rulers of Strathspey. By The Earl of Cassillis.Genealogy of Grant of Grant.Sobieski Stuarts. By A. Craig.Bibliography of various Scottish Counties.Annals of Cullen. By Wm. Cramond.Church of Ruthven. By Wm. Cramond.Church and Priory of Urquhart. By Wm. Cramond.The River Findhorn. By George Bain.Social Life in Former Days. Two volumes. By E. Dunbar.Moray Documents. By E. Dunbar.Province of Moray.Story of Culloden Moor. By George Bain.Nairnshire. By George Bain.Annals of Forres. By Robert Douglas.The Aberdeen Book Lover. Five volumes.All the above presented by Mrs A. B. B. BANNERMAN.(27) The Records of a Lancashire Family. By R. Cunliffe Shaw.

Presented by JAMES DAVIDSON, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.P.E., F.S.A.Scot.

Purchases.

Journal of Hellenic Studies, vols. Ixiii. and Ixiv. (1943 and 1944).Nineteenth-Century Token Coinage. By W. J. Davis.Romisch-Germanische Commission, Band 17. "Die Megalithgraber der

Iberischen Halbinsel." By Georg. and Vera Leisner. Two volumes.


Dictionnaire d'Archseologie Chretienne. Tome 14A.Proceedings of the First International Congress of Prehistoric and Proto-

historic Sciences. London, August 1-6, 1932.Camulodununi. Reports of Research Committee of Society of Anti-

quaries of London. No. XIV. By C. F. C. Hawkes and M. R. MuU.History of the Family of Urquhart. By Henrietta Tayler.The Small Sword in England. By J. D. Aylward.British Calendar Customs, Scotland. By Mrs M. Macleod Banks, F.L.S.

(1941).British Calendar Customs, Orkney and Shetland. By Mrs M. Macleod

Banks, F.L.S.Water Transport: Origins and Early Evolution. By James Hornell.Wallace Collection Catalogue of European Arms and Armour. By

James G. Mann, M.A., F.S.A.The Corstorphine Heirloom. By D. M. Thomson.Antiquities of the Irish Countryside. By Sean P. O'Riordain.Early Irish History and Mythology. By Thomas F. O'Rahilly.Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. iv. (1940).L'Art Primitif en Suisse. Texte de M. Lucien Mazenod.L'Art Romain en Suisse. Texte de M. Waldemar Deonna.L'Art Romain en Suisse. Texte de M. Frangoise Fosca.Felszeichnungen von Skane. By Carl-Axel Althin. Vol. ii.Fra Danmarks Ungtid. By Johannes Br0ndsted.Ancient Harvesting Implements. By Axel Steensberg.Costumes of the Bronze Age in Denmark. By H. C. Broholm and

Margrethe Hald.Danmarks Bronzealder. By H. C. Broholm. Three volumes.Le Village et le Paysan de France. By Albert Danzat.Family and Community in Ireland. By Arensberg and Kimball.The Surnames of Scotland. By George F. Black.Handbook to the Roman Wall. By J. Collingwood Bruce, LL.D.Revue Archeologique, Tomes xxv. and xxvi., two parts each.Bericht der Romisch-Germanischen Kommission, 1939.Mannus Bibliothek, Nos. 6, 22, and 28.Danmarks Gedogicke unders0gelse, 11 Rackke, No. 66.Zonengliederungen der Vorchristlichen Eisenzeit in Nordeuropa. By Carl-

Axel Mo berg.Kulturhistoriska Studier. By Nils Aberg, 1938.Tuneskibet, Norske Oldfund, vol. ii. By Professor Haakon Shetelig.Monasterboice. By Professor R. A. S. Macalister, M.A., Litt.D.Guide to Monasterboice. By Professor R. A. S. Macalister, M.A., Litt.D.Early Sources of Scottish History, A.D. 500-1286. Two volumes. By

A. O. Anderson.

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Prehistoric Britain. By Jacquetta and Christopher Hawkes.The Parish Chest. By W. E. Tate.Border Antiquities of England and Scotland. By Sir Walter Scott.

(Two volumes).Domestic Utensils in Wood, XVI-XIX Century. By Owen Evan

Thomas.

ANNIVERSARY MEETING, 1st December 1947.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF HADDINGTON, M.C., T.D.,President, in the Chair.

Dr E. W. M. Balfour-Melville and Mr William F. Ar buckle were appointedScrutineers of the Ballot for Office-Bearers.

The Ballot having been concluded, the Scrutineers found and declaredthe List of the Council for the ensuing year to be as follows:—

President.The Right Hon. THE EARL OF HADDINGTON, M.C., T.D.

Vice-Presidents.Professor J. DUNCAN MACKIB, C.B.E., M.C., M.A.ALEXANDER O. CURLE, C.V.O., LL.D., F.S.A.Sir DAVID RUSSELL, LL.D.

Councillors.Lady WATSON, M.B., Ch.B. I T , ,. ,, D ^ *• m *ALEXANDER MAITLAND, K.C. } Represe^ng the Board of Trustees.WILLIAM HENDEESON, M.A.Miss ANNE S. ROBERTSON, M.A.WILLIAM ANGUS, LL.D.Major IAN G. LENDS AY.JOHN RICHARDSON, W.S.

WILLIAM F. ARBUCKLE, M.A.J. M. DAVIDSON, O.B.B., P.C.I.S., F.S.A.Professor STUART PIGGOTT, B.Litt.,

P.S.A.FREDERICK A. PERGTISON.

Secretaries.DOUGLAS P. MACLAGAN, W.S. | ANGUS GRAHAM, M.A., F.S.A.

For Foreign Correspondence.Professor W. M. CALDER, M.A., W. DOUGLAS SIMPSON, M.A., D.Litt.,

LL.D., P.B.A. F.S.A.

Treasurer.JAMES J. LAMB, M.A., LL.B.


Curators of the Museum.JAMBS S. RICHARDSON. IAN A. RICHMOND, M.A., LL.D., F.B.A.

F.-P.S.A,

Curator of Coins.ROBERT KEBR, M.A.

Librarian.H. J. H. DRUMMOND, M.A.

A Ballot having been taken, the following were elected Fellows: JamesPercival Agnew, C.A.; Rev. Alfred J. Armour; Major D. S. Buist; John Clarke,M.A.; George F. Collie; Miss Catherine Durand; James D. S. Fulton; Joseph B.Himsworth, F.R.S.A.; William Johnston; James Keillor; Albert EdwardMacColl, M.I.E.B.; Sylvester Lindsay Quine, M.C., A.M.I.E.E.; Robert ArnotStaig, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.E.; Homer L. Thomas, M.A.; Patrick Watt Thorns;William Turner, M.A.; V. J. Buchan Watt, M.B.O.U.

The Secretary read the following List of Members deceased since the lastAnnual Meeting:—

Honorary Fellows—Don Hermilio Alcalde del Rio; Professor Dr Robert Zahn.Fellows—Sir William M. Baird, J.P., F.F.S.; Rev. D. G. Barren, O.B.E.,

D.D.; Miss Elizabeth Turner Bell, J.P., F.E.I.S.; The Most Hon. The Marquessof Bute, K.T.; Alexander D. Gumming; William F. Cuthbertson; Major A. R.Davidson; John Dinwoodie; Robert James Good, J.P.; Walter G. Grant ofTrumland; W. G. Grieve; James Harrison, M.D., J.P.; Mrs Violet M. Hood;John Hunter; Alfred W. Johnston; Rev. D. McNeill Livingstone, M.A., F.R.G.S.;William K. Lyon, W.S.; H. G. MacCoU, M.A., B.Sc.; John McCormick; C. M.MacGillivray of MacGillivray, M.D., LL.D.; Thomas McLaren; Rev. JamesMeikle, B.D.; George Milne; J. G. Napier; Rev. Gordon Quig, M.A., B.D.;Major I. H. Mackay Scobie; Charles Stewart, C.A.; Colonel Archibald Stirlingof Garden; Charles Taylor; Major James Kennedy Tullis; Charles B. BoogWatson, F.R.S.E.

The Meeting resolved to record their sense of the loss the Society had sustainedin the death of these Members.

The Secretary read the following Report by the Council on the affairs ofthe Society:—

The Council herewith submits to the Fellows of the Society its Reportfor the year ending 30th November 1947.

Fellowship.—The total number of Fellows on the roll at30th November 1946 was . . . . . 8 2 2A t 30th November 1947 t h e number w a s . . . . 8 6 7

being an increase of . . . . . . . 4 5

The number of new Fellows added to the roll during the year was 81,while 33 died, 3 resigned, and 2 allowed their membership to lapse.

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Proceedings.—The Council decided that, in order to make up arrears,the volumes for 1945-46 and 1946-47 should be printed concurrently, andto save binding costs should be issued under one cover. Consequently itis hoped to issue Volumes LXXX and LXXXI jointly in the latter part of1948. The contents are of a varied nature, archseological and historical.Printing and binding costs continue to rise, and economies have to beeffected where possible.

The Museum.—

Staff.—The vacant post of Assistant-Keeper has been filled by theappointment of Mr Stuart Maxwell, M.A.(Edin.), who entered uponhis duties early in October 1947.

Accessions.—The accessions during the year have increased to pre-warnumbers; in addition to over 1300 flint implements, 536 objectswere received by donation or bequest, and 12 were purchased.

The late Mr Walter G. Grant of Trumland, in addition to his pastbenefactions, and to the finds from the latest excavations at Rinyoand other sites, bequeathed the remainder of the finds from hisexcavations in the island of Rousay, comprising those from theBroch of Midhowe. Another notable accession of prehistoric materialhas come from Mr J. S. Richardson, F.S.A.Scot., who has collectedover many years a great quantity of sherds, flints, axes, and otherrelics from the Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age settlement site atHedderwick, East Lothian. Another large collection of flints,presented by the late Mr H. Readman, comes from Lauderdaleand the adjacent country. Particular mention must also be madeof the Bronze Age burial pottery from Greenhill Cairn, Fife, pre-sented by Captain H. J. Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, and from varioussites near Edgerston, Roxburghshire, presented by Mrs F. S. Oliver,F.S.A.Scot. A penannular gold ornament of the Late Bronze Agefrom Biggar was given by the finder, Miss G. I. C. Govan, and abronze razor and remains of its sheath from Holm, Orkney, by MrP. Sutherland Graeme, C.B.E., F.S.A.Scot.

The fine Early Christian cross-slab from Invergowrie has beenplaced in the Museum to prevent its deteriorating further. Mr A. D.Pilkington, F.S.A.Scot., has presented several Viking objects fromCaithness. A remarkable seal-matrix bearing the name of Henry,Bishop of Aberdeen, and found in Nottinghamshire, was given byMr W. J. Jones of Furtho Manor. Among the accessions of morerecent period are six seventeenth-century painted panels of theSybils, with oak panelling of the same period, from Wester Livilands,Stirling, presented by Mr H. J. H. Drummond, F.S.A.Scot.; a


wooden arm-chair, dated 1671, presented by Mrs G. B. Robertson;a very fine woven and embroidered lady's dress, circa 1760, pre-sented along with two pairs of embroidered shoes and a lady'sshawl by Mrs M. A. Hamilton; and a number of trade tokens givenby Mr Duncan S. Napier and Mr A. R. Cross, M.C., F.S.A.Scot.

An enamelled silver pin of dark age date and a rare forty-shillingpiece of James VI are outstanding among the purchases, which alsoinclude copies of two notable antiquities—the bronze sword-scabbard from Bargany, Ayrshire, and the fourteenth-centurygold brooch from Kames Castle, Bute.

Loans.—Though it has not been customary to report objects placedon loan in the Museum, two extended loans initiated this year areof such importance as to require mention. Banff Town Council hasdeposited the unique Early Iron Age boar's head of bronze fromLeitchestown, Banffshire,1 in exchange for a facsimile; and CaptainF. Maxwell Stuart of Traquair has deposited the two choir stallsfrom Lincluden College, latterly preserved at Terregles, Kirk-cudbrightshire,2 to which the surviving painted panel has generouslybeen restored, for the period of the loan, by the Committee ofDumfries Museum.

Library.—In addition to exchanges, 63 volumes have been receivedby donation and 53 by purchase. A survey has been commencedof books no longer appropriate to the Library's purpose.

Librarianship.—As Mr R. B. K. Stevenson has expressed his desire toresign the office of Honorary Librarian, the Council tenders its sincere thanksto him for his services during the past year.

Treasurer ship.—The Council in January last regretfully accepted theresignation of Mr J. Bolam Johnson, C.A., and thank him for his loyal serviceto the Society over a period of 25 years. They now welcome as his successorMr James J. Lamb, M.A., LL.B., who since February of this year has givenmuch help to the Society, particularly in connection with the FinancialStatement, already issued to members, which covers a period of two yearsinstead of one, and in connection with Deeds of Covenant. Special attentionis called to the opportunity that these deeds provide for increasing the fundsof the Society without additional personal cost.

Excavations.—During the course of the year various excavations havebeen undertaken on behalf of the Society. Dr Bersu was engaged on furtherexploration of Traprain Law; Professor Piggott has excavated on Cairn-papple Hill, near Torphichen; Dr A. O. Curie has been doing further work

1 Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot., vol. vii. PI. XLVI.2 Archceological Collections of Ayrshire and GaUoway, vol. x. p. 164.

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on the Forse "Wag"; Mr R. B. K. Stevenson undertook operations atBraidwood, near Nine-Mile-Burn; and Dr Richmond continued his work atInveresk. The results of these investigations are eagerly awaited. Supporthas also been given to the newly established Field School of Archaeologysponsored by the Scottish Regional Group of the Council for BritishArchaeology in association with the Scottish Universities.

Rhind Lectureship.—As intimated in last year's Report, it was arrangedthat the Rhind Lectures for 1947 should be delivered by Mr James S.Richardson, H.M. Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Scotland, and it washoped that this series of Lectures would have been delivered before now.While the material is otherwise in readiness, unforeseen difficulties haveoccurred in the preparation of lantern slides owing to restrictions in labourand material. The delivery of the Lectures may, therefore, have to bepostponed to the beginning of 1948.

Gunning fellowship.—The Fellowship for 1947 was awarded to MrRobert B. K. Stevenson.

Chalmers-Jervise Prize.—A. consolation prize of £2 was awarded to MissJean Sutherland of Galashiels, the only candidate. Efforts are being madeto advertise the prize more widely in the coming year.

Address to the King.—A loyal Address to His Majesty, Patron of theSociety, on the occasion of the marriage of Princess Elizabeth, was pre-pared by the President and forwarded to Buckingham Palace. This Addresswas read at the meeting, and is in the following terms:—

UNTO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.May it please Your Majesty.

We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the President andFellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, incorporated by RoyalCharter, present our humble duty to our Most Gracious Sovereign andPatron.

In our loyalty to and affection for the throne, the welfare and happinessof Your Majesty's person, and of each member of Your Majesty's family,is for us a subject of the greatest concern.

On the occasion therefore of the forthcoming marriage of Her RoyalHighness Princess Elizabeth, who following Your Majesty's devoted exampleof service to the community has enshrined herself in the affections of theScottish people, we beg leave humbly to associate ourselves with therejoicing of all loyal subjects in this land and Empire, and to tender toYour Majesty and to Her Majesty the Queen our heartfelt congratulations.

We pray that the blessing of Almighty God may rest upon Her Royal

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Highness and her future husband always, and that happier and more pros-perous times than our land enjoys to-day may be in store for them in thefuture.

Signed in the name and by the authority ofthe Society of Antiquaries of Scotland,in general meeting assembled, and sealedwith the common seal of the Incorporationthis Fifth day of November in the year ofOur Lord One thousand nine hundred andforty-seven.

HADDINGTON, President.J. M. DAVIDSON, Vice-President.A. GKAHAM, Secretary.

The Council's Report was unanimously approved on the motion of thePresident, seconded by Mr J. M. Davidson.

Dr William Angus proposed the name of Alan Orr Anderson, M.A.,LL.D., for election as an Honorary Fellow of the Society. Dr Andersonhad distinguished himself in the field of historical research by his workson Early Sources of Scottish History and (in collaboration with Dr W. C.Dickinson) a facsimile edition of the Chronicle of Melrose. He had alsotaken an interest in the Celtic hill-forts of Central Perthshire, especially inGlen Lyon. His activities had been carried on under severe physicaldisability. He was worthy of the distinction now proposed to be conferredupon him. Mr R. B. K. Stevenson proposed the name of Dr A. B. VanGiffen, Director of the Biological-Archa3ological Institute in the University ofGroningen, Holland. In his exploration of the sandy burial-mounds of theBronze Age he had rescued the impressions of timber palisades, as well asof the skeletons, by a .highly refined technique. These two names beingsubmitted to the meeting there was a unanimous vote for their election asHonorary Fellows.

Proposals for the alterations in the Society's Laws 1, 9, and 15 havingbeen already circulated to Fellows, were unanimously approved on the motionof the President, with the addition in Law 9 of the words "if available"after the word "Proceedings" and in Law 15 of the words "ex officio" afterthe word "Museum."

At the invitation of the Chair, Mr James J. Lamb, Treasurer, calledattention to the Financial Statement now in the hands of Fellows, whichcovered a period of two years, and which showed that the funds of theSociety were in a healthy state. He took the opportunity of mentioningthat the appeal for taking up Deeds of Covenant had already been wellresponded to, 71 Fellows having signed, so that the Society would alreadybenefit to the extent of about £60 per annum. The adoption of the FinancialReport was moved by Miss Anne S. Robertson and cordially agreed to. Theproceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the Treasurer.

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MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY.

Monday, Qth December 1946, Mr J. M. DAVIDSON, O.B.E., F.C.I.S., F.S.A.,Senior Vice-President, in the Chair.

A Ballot having been taken, the following were elected Fellows: AnthonyCharles Bannan; James D. Boyd, D.A.(Glas.); Alexander J. Lothian; JamesFairweather Milne, M.A., M.B., Ch.B.; Edward Francis Sykes; Eric G. Turner,M.A.; William V. Wade, M.A., F.S.A.

The following Communications were read:—I. King James IV of Scotland: His Influence on Medicine and Science, by

DOUGLAS GUTHRIE, M.D., F.R.C.S., F.S.A.Scot.II. Bronze Age Cist at Pinnacle Hill, Kelso, by CHARLES S. T. CALDER,

A.R.I.A.S., F.S.A.Scot.

Monday, 13th January 1947, Mr J. M. DAVIDSON, O.B.E., F.C.I.S., F.S.A.,Senior Vice-President, in the Chair.

A Ballot having been taken, the following were elected Fellows: ChalmersBurns, M.A., Mus.B.; James A. G. Hastings; F. Russell Perkins; William ScottRobson; Miss Marion G. Stirling.

The following Communications were read:—I. Excavation of a "Wag" at Forse, Latheron, Caithness, by ALEXANDER

O. CURLE, C.V.O., LL.D., F.S.A., F.S.A.Scot.II. Birthbrief of Walter Innes, by Sir THOMAS INNES of Learney, K.C.V.O.,

Lord Lyon King of Arms, F.S.A.Scot. (Read by title.)

III. Excavations at Scotstarvit, Cupar, Fife, by Professor GERHARD BERSU,F.S.A., F.S.A.Scot.

Monday, 10th February 1947, The Right Hon. THE EARL OF HADDINGTON, M.C.,T.D., President, in the Chair.

A Ballot having been taken, the following were elected Fellows: DouglasAlex. Allan, D.Sc., Ph.D.; John Campbell; Captain William D. Cheyne-Macpherson of Dalchully; Miss Muriel M. O. Douglas, M.A.; William J.Macaulay, D.A.; James Stewart of Keil; Keningale Bertram Wright, B.Sc ,A.M.Inst.C.E.

A Ministry of Information film entitled "The Beginnings of History" wasexhibited in the Library. Professor Piggott gave a short introduction.


Monday, Wth March 1947, Mr WILLIAM ANGUS, LL.D., in the Chair.A Ballot having been taken, the following were elected Fellows: James

Anderson; Rev. John Anderson, B.D.; Alexander W. M. Battersby, L.R.C.S.& P.Ed., D.P.H.; W. G. Rowntree Bodie, A.R.I.B.A.; Ranald W. M. Clouston,B.Sc.Bng.; James A. Finlayson, D.A.; James J. Lamb, M.A., LL.B.; DonaldG. Moir; Miss Helen M. Roe, M.A.; Maurice E. Taylor, A.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I.,F.R.I.A.S.

The following Communications were read:—I. A Stone Age Settlement at the Braes of Rinyo, Rovisay, Orkney (Second

Report), by Professor V. G. CHILDE, D.Litt., D.Sc., F.B.A., F.S.A., F.S.A.Scot.,and WALTER G. GRANT of Trumland, F.S.A.Scot.

II. Excavations in Two Homesteads at Crock Cleuch, Roxburghshire, byKENNETH A. STEER, M.A., Ph.D., F.S.A.Scot.

Monday, \Uh April 1947, Mr ALEXANDER O. CURLE, C.V.O., LL.D., F.S.A.,Vice-President, in the Chair.

A Ballot having been taken, the following were elected Fellows: DouglasHamilton; Archibald Dougal MacKinven, M.A.

The following Communications were read:—I. Antiquities in Easter Ross and Sutherland, by J. M. DAVIDSON, O.B.E.,

F.C.I.S., F.S.A., F.S.A.Scot.II. Farms and Fortifications in King's Park, Edinburgh, by ROBERT B. K.

STEVENSON, M.A., F.S.A.Scot.

Monday, 12th May 1947, The Right Hon. THE EARL OP HADDINGTON, M.C., T.D.,President, in the Chair.

A Ballot having been taken, the following were elected Fellows: GeorgeApplebey; G. S. P. Cooke; Captain W. G. Don of Maulesden; Miss S. Dove-Wilson; Robert Gilchrist, A.M.I.C.E.; Marcus K. Milne; W. C. G. Peterkin,W.S.; Rev. David Ramsay; John B. C. Robertson.

The following Communications were read:—I. Some Observations on the Brochs, by ANGUS GRAHAM, M.A., F.S.A.,

F.S.A.Scot.II. Moulds for Bronze Razors, by Mrs C. M. PIGGOTT, F.S.A., F.S.A.Scot.

III. Symbol Stone at Gleneagles, Perthshire, by C. S. T. CALDER, A.R.I.A.S.,F.S.A.Scot.