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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28th, 1908. 



The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Society was held in 

 the Linnean Hall, Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay, on Wednesday 

 evening, April 28th, 1909. 



Mr. C. Hedley, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



The President announced that, under the provisions of Rule 

 XXV., the Council had elected Dr. T. Storie Dixson, Mr. T. Steel, 

 F.L.S., F.C.S., Mr. A. H. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc, and Mr. J R. 

 Garland, M.A., to bo Vice-Presidents; and Mr. J. H. Campbell 

 (Royal Mint, Macquarie Street) to be Hon. Treasurer, for the 

 ensuing Session. 



A letter from Lieutenant Shackleton, Commander of the 

 British Antarctic Expedition, 1907, thanking the Society for its 

 congratulations, and for the expression of its appreciation of the 

 scientific and other work of the Expedition, was read to the 

 Meeting. 



The President called attention to Circulars Nos. 3 and 4, issued 

 by the Organising Committee of the Third International Botanical 

 Congress, to be held at Brussels in 1910. The Circulars in ques- 

 tion, copies of which were laid upon the table, relate to questions 

 concerning the teaching of botany, and the indexing and collating 

 of all literary and informative material that may be of service to 

 the botanist. It is proposed to bring up these subjects for dis- 

 cussion at the Congress, and contributions thereto are invited. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly Meeting, amounting to 6 Vols, 49 Parts or Nos., 5 

 Bulletins, 2 Reports, 9 Pamphlets, and 2 Maps, received from 

 47 Societies and 3 Individuals, itc, were laid upon the table. 



