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for 1852-54, all Mr. King's papers will be found in the two volumes 

 of Transactions of the Entomological Society of N. S. Wales. 



In December last our respected Hon. Treasurer, the Hon. Dr. 

 Norton, communicated to the Council his wish to be relieved 

 of the responsibilities of office, finding it desirable in the interests 

 of health to forego some of the official duties with which in his 

 leisure he has long voluntarily occupied himself. In accepting 

 Dr. Norton's resignation, the Council unanimously resolved that 

 there should be entered on the official records a minute expressive 

 of the Council's regret at his retirement, and of its appreciation 

 of the valuable services which Dr. Norton had cheerfully rendered 

 to the Society without intermission since January, 1882. 



Under the new rules now in force, the appointment of the Hon 

 Treasurer rests with the Council. I am glad to be able to report 

 that, on the nomination of his predecessor, Mr. P. N. Trebeck, 

 whose business qualifications are of a high order, was elected to 

 and has kindly consented to fill the vacancy which under the 

 gradual unfolding of the plans of the founder of the Society is 

 not now the sinecure it used to be when the Society's finances 

 were on a more humble scale. 



An important achievement of last Session was the revision and 

 extension of the Society's Rules. The Council had learnt by 

 experience that some such step in this direction was to be desired. 

 Early in the year a Committee was appointed to consider and 

 report on the whole question. The eff'orts of the Committee — 

 and in this connection special mention must be made of the 

 valuable assistance rendered by Mr. J. R. Garland — resulted in 

 a draft which was submitted to the Council, and after full con- 

 sideration and with a few amendments adopted. It was sub- 

 sequently submitted at a Special General Meeting of the Members 

 in November last, and finally passed without further amendment. 

 Copies of these amended Rules, which are now in force, were 

 issued to Members with the Part of the Proceedings last 

 distributed. 



Another important matter which has been settled is the 

 appointment of th(3 first Macleay Bacteriologist. Towards the 



