Prince Malcom Khan wonders how it will come in English Sir James Marwick Sir John McNeill The Duke and Duchess of Montrose Sir H. Drummond Wolff The Shah prees the Soup The Grand Vizier The Fair Beauty and the Dark Ones] FIRST COUNCIL MEETING IN THE NEW CHAMBERS IN September 1888, when Queen Victoria had an Address presented to her in the courtyard of the new buildings, Her Majesty’s reply concluded with these words, “I gladly inaugurate these noble Municipal Buildings, which are worthy of the ancient renown and modern prosperity of your great city.” It was not for more than a year afterwards that this first Council meeting was held under the palatial roof. Sir James King, we see, is still Chief Magistrate, but Lord Provost John Muir is not far off. [Illustration: A Few Councillors Deacon-Convener Mason Lord Dean of Guild Ure Some Magistrates] A CITY BALL AND here is Lord Provost Muir taking advantage, in February 1891, of the splendid possibilities of the new chambers for purposes of reception and entertainment, possibilities that have been amply demonstrated by Sir John Muir’s successors in office. [Illustration: Dowagers in the Gallery In the Supper-Rooms The Refreshment-Room The Ball-Room The Reception Room Arrival of _The Bailie_] SHUNA THIS western isle, two-and-a-half miles by one-and-a-quarter, one hundred acres being arable land, has belonged since 1829 to Glasgow, having been presented by James Yates, a native of the city. Few opportunities have been taken by the Corporation of visiting this twig of the civic tree, though now and again a small deputation has inspected the island. On the 7th of August 1890, a large party of the Council and their friends went by special train to Oban, where Bailie John Neil had placed his steam-yacht _Myrtle_ at their disposal for the voyage to Shuna and back, a matter of two hours each way. It was a perfect day among the islands, one of those days that make the lot of even a Glasgow Magistrate a not unhappy one, one of those summer days that it is always pleasant to recall. On the island a ten-months-old baby was waiting to be christened, no minister having been on Shuna earlier in the infant’s career. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Edgar and Mr. Milligan, two clergymen who were of the municipal party. It was a proud quarter of an hour for the young shepherd and his wife, the parents, and the hat which was passed round obtained a substantial tocher for Mary Ann Myrtle, as the child had been named. [Illustration: The “Myrtle” Farewell to Shuna Our Yachting Host and Hostesses The Christening Party The Shuna Mother and the Shuna Mite Rev Dr. Edgar The Font The “Tocher” for the Bairn The Tenant of Shuna and the Lord Provost’s Goatskin The Lord Provost’s Studious Boys] JOHN BRIGHT, LORD RECTOR