

PROG HI TCDTTvT G s 



OF THE 



linnp:an society 



OF 



N EW SOUTH WALES. 



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26th, 1919. 



The Forty-fourth Annual General Meeting, and the Ordinary 

 Monthly Meeting, were held in the Linnean Hall, Ithaca Road, 

 Elizabeth Bay, <>n Wednesday evening, March 26th, 1919. 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



Professor H. G. Chapman, M.D., B.S., President, in the Chair 



The Minutes of the preceding Annual General Meeting fMai'ch 

 27th, L918) were read and confirmed. 



The President delivered the Annual Address. 



PRESIDENTIAL ADDR ESS. 

 Ladies and ( I-entlemen, 



The war which has been wasting the lands and wealth of 

 Europe has come to an end. Death no longer takes a high toll 

 among the strongest of men. The fight has been won. The 

 arms of our kinsmen and our friends have been blessed with 

 victory. The armies of the proud foe, ambitious for military 

 renown, have been driven to retreat, and their leaders have been 

 forced to sue for peace. Peace still hovers over us, waiting to 

 descend upon the hlood-stained earth. The end of the strife 

 raises many thoughts within us. Above all, we fee] gratitude 

 and thankfulness, too deep to he expressed easily in words, for 

 those who Left home, comfort and dear ones to defend our liberties 

 overseas. They have given to us an example of unselfish patriot- 

 ism, and we will do well to emulate the spirit which actuated 



