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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29th, 1910. 



The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Society was held in 

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

 evening, June 29th, 1910. 



Mr. C. Hedley, P.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. Walter Reginald Brook Oliver, Christchurch, N.Z.; 

 Neville Burkett, Goulburn; and Frederick Wymark, Sydney, 

 were elected Ordinary Members of the Society. 



A letter, forwarded by direction of His Excellency, Lord 

 Chelmsford, State Governor, thanking the Council, as the repre- 

 sentative of the Society, for its letter of condolence and sym- 

 pathy, on the occasion of the death of His Majesty, the late 

 King Edward vii., was read from the Chair. 



The attention of Members was called to the Program of the 

 International Hygiene Exhibition to be held in Dresden, 1911, 

 with an accompanying invitation to exhibit in the Scientific 

 Section. 



The President announced that Mr. Henry Deane, M.A., 

 F.L.S., (fee, had kindly offered to show a series of lantern slides, 

 illustrating the topography and botany of the country along the 

 route of the contemplated Transcontinental Railway Line 

 between Port Augusta, S.A., and Kalgoorlie, W.A., at the next 

 Meeting. 



On the Pi'esident's suggestion it was resolved, with enthu- 

 siam, that the hearty greetings and congratulations of the Mem- 

 bers present should be tendered to Professor David, B.A., F.R.S., 

 C.M.G., recently honoured by the Sovereign. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly Meeting, amounting to 11 Vols., 75 Parts or Nos., 15 

 Bulletins, 29 Pamphlets, and one portrait, received from 48 

 Societies, &c., and 3 Individuals, were laid upon the table. 



