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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27th, 1910. 



The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Society was held in 

 the Linnean Hall, Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay, on Wednesday 

 evening, April 27th, 1909. 



Mr. C. Hedle}^ F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. A. S. Le Souef, C.M.Z.S., &.c., Zoological Gardens, 

 Sydney, and Dr. Robert Henry Pulleine, Adelaide, S.A., were 

 •elected Ordinary Members of the Society. 



In taking farewell of Mr. E. J. Goddard, B.A., B.Sc, on his 

 retirement from a Linnean Macleay Fellowship, to fill the position 

 of Professor of Zoology and Geology at Victoria College, Stellen- 

 bosch, South Africa, the President, on the Society's behalf, 

 tendered to Mr. Goddard heart}' congratulations on his appoint- 

 ment, and all good wishes for his success in his new sphere 

 of work. As Mr. Goddard iioped to continue and extend his 

 work on freshwater Annnlates, he would still be glad to be 

 supplied with Australian specimens. 



The President offered the Societj^'s congratulations to Dr. H. 

 G. Chapman, to whom the Syme Prize for 1910, for the encour- 

 agement of Research Work in Natural Science, had recently 

 been awarded by the University of Melbourne. 



The President made reference to the recent death of Mr. F. W. 

 Petterd, of Launceston, a Member of the Society, and also a 

 member of the Chevert Expedition to New Guinea, in 1875. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly jNteeting, amounting to 20 Vols., 58 Parts or Nos., 33 

 Bulletins, I Report and 18 Pamphlets, 1 Map, received from 50 

 Societies, ifec, and 2 Individuals, were laid upon the table. 



