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THURSDAY, JULY 28th, 1898. 



The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Society was held at the 

 Linnean Hall, Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay, on Thursday evening, 

 July 28th, 1898 (Wednesday being a public holiday). 



Mr. Henry Deane, M.A., F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Chairman made appreciative reference to the memorial 

 notices of the late Messrs. T. Kirk and W. M. Maskell, of New 

 Zealand, received from Sir James Hector, copies of which were 

 laid on the table. 



The Chairman also called the attention of Members to a 

 circular setting forth the aims and objects of the recently formed 

 Library Association of Australasia, which proposes to hold its 

 first meeting in Sydney, in October, 1898. 



DONATIONS. 



Department of Agriculture, Sydney — Agricultural Gazette of 

 New South Wales. Vol. ix. Part 6 (June, 1898). From the 

 Hon. the Minister for Mines and Agriculture. 



Queensland Museum, Brisbane — Annual Report of the Trustees 

 for 1897. From the Trustees. 



Pharmaceutical Journal of Australasia. Vol. xi. No. 6 (June, 

 1898). From the Editor. 



Archiv fiir Naturgeschichte. Ixiv, Jahrgang (1898). i. Band, 

 1 Heft. From the Editor. 



