16 president's address. 



The salary of each Fellow shall he four hundred pounds a year 

 the interest accruing from vacant Fellowships shall be added to 

 the principal 



The interest on the endowment over and above four hundred 

 pounds a year for each Fellow shall be taken for the general use 

 of the said Society at the discretion of the Council thereof 



No Fellow shall be permitted to occupy any salaried position 

 or undertake an}' employment for payment during his Fellowship 

 nor shall he without the special sanction of the Council take fees 

 for teaching any pupil either publicly or privately If in the 

 opinion of the said Council of the said Society or a three-fourths 

 majority thereof any Fellow shall have trangressed the last pre- 

 ceding rule they may by the vote of such majority remove him 

 from Office 



Every Fellow before entering on Office shall engage in writing 

 to accept his office on the terms of this will and that the decision 

 of the said Council on any dispute arising between him and them 

 on the subject of his Fellowship his employment thereunder and 

 his tenure of office shall be final and conclusive without appeal 



The subjects of investigation undertaken or assigned to Fellows 

 shall be all branches of Natural History Biological and Geological." 



It will be noticed that, whatever other desirable qualifications 

 a candidate for a Fellowship may possess, it is indispensable that 

 he shall have taken a degree in Science. From Sir William's 

 point of view this condition was both reasonable and logical. It 

 was the outcome of his strong convictions upon the advantages 

 to be derived from a scientific education and training, and the 

 need of a more appreciative recognition thereof; coupled with a 

 realisation of the fact that, at present, the study of Natural 

 History leads to little or nothing in the shape of profitable occu- 

 pation. But Sir William clearl}^ outlined his standpoint in the 

 address delivered on the occasion of the dedication of the Linnean 

 Hall. This was published in the newspapers of the day, and 

 subsequently as a pamphlet,* but as it is easily overlooked, atten- 



* Linnean Society of New South Wales. Kecord of Proceedings. Linnean 

 Hall, Ithaca Koad, October 31st, 1885. 8vo. Sydney, 1885. 



