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ORDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 



29th October, 1919. 



Mr. J. J. Fletcher, M.A., B.Sc, President, in the Chair. 



The President made the following announcements: — 



(1) That the Council is prepared to receive applications for 

 four Linnean Macleay Fellowships, tenable for one year from 

 1st April, 1920, from qualified Candidates. Applications should 

 be lodged with the Secretary, who will afford all necessary in- 

 formation to intending candidates, not later than 30th Novem- 

 ber, 1919. 



(2) That the Council had decided to resume publication of 

 the Abstract which had been suspended since July, 1916. 



(3) That the Council had decided to allow authors of papers 

 fifty reprints instead of thirty as formerly. 



(4) That the Council had decided on an alteration of the 

 size of the volume to crown quarto, to commence with Part 1 

 of the Proceedings for 1920. 



Letters were read from Alessrs. W. M. Carne and W. R. B. 

 Oliver returning thanks for congratulations and welcome on 

 their return from active service. 



An invitation having been received by the President to be 

 pivsent at the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the Otago 

 Institute, it was resolved that a friendly message of greeting 

 and congratulation be conveyed to the Institute. 



A letter was read calling the attention of members to the 

 proposed memorial to mark the retirement of Professor Sir 

 Baldwin Spencer from the Chair of Biology in the University 

 of Melbourne. 



An invitation was received for members to attend a meeting 

 of the Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia on 5th 

 November, when lectures will be delivered on Antarctic Fauna 

 and Australian Birds. 



