WEDNESDAY, 28th DECEMBER, 1887. 



The President, Professor Stephens, M.A., F.G.S., in the Chair, 



Mr. J. C. H. Mingaye, Sydney, was elected a member of the Society. 



Mr. T. C. Burnell was present as a visitor. 



The President announced that there would be no excursion 

 during January ; and that the Annual Meeting would be held on 

 January 25th, to take precedence of the Ordinary Monthly Meeting 

 on the same date. 



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" Zoologischer Anzeiger." Nos. 263 and 264 (1887). From 

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"Report of the Tru.stees of the Public Library, Mu.seums, and 

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