14 PRESIDENTS ADDRESS. 



Henry Simpson Esquire Chief Judge in Equity preferred on the 

 fifth day of August instant and coming on to be heard before 

 His Honor this day ivJiereupon and upon hearing read the said 

 petition and vpon hearing what was alleged by Mr. Langer Owen 

 of Counsel for the said Petitioners His Honor is of ojnnion that, 



(a) The Council of the said Linnean Society of New South 



Wales will be justified in appointing three Fellows onl}'' 

 with a salary of four hundred pounds per annum until 

 the income from the fund in the said petition mentioned 

 is sufficient to pa}'- to four Fellows the full salary of four 

 hundred pounds per annum. 



(b) The possessor of a degree in science of Engineering in the 



University of Sydney who is not also a Bachelor or Doctor 

 of Science will not be eligible for any of the Fellowships 

 in the said petition mentioned. 



(c) A graduate in Science of the other Universities referred 



to in the by-laws in the said petition mentioned who has 

 been admitted ad eundem gradnm in the University of 

 Sydney in the said petition mentioned will not be eligible 

 for any of the said Fellowships. 

 {d) The Candidates for the said Fellowships must bona fide 



reside within the State of New South Wales. 

 {e) The Council of the said Society should publish the results 

 of the work and investigations of the said Fellows with 

 the proceedings of the said Society with such fulness as 

 the said Council in their discretion think fit having regard 

 to the income of the said Society available for that purpose 

 but it is not necessary that such results should be pub- 

 lished in the year during which they are communicated 

 to the said Societ}-. 

 (/) The income from unawarded Fellowships should be accumu- 

 lated until the said fund is sufficient to produce an income 

 of one thousand six hundred pounds per annum. 

 And His Honor doth order that it be referred to the Master in 

 Equity to tax and certify the costs of the said petitioners of and 

 incidental to this petition as between solicitor and client. And 



