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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30th, 1909. 



A Special General Meeting, together with the Ordinary 

 Monthly Meeting of the Society, were held in the Linnean Hall, 

 Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay, on Wednesday evening, June 30th, 

 1909. 



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



SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING. 



Business : The amendment of Rules ii., iii., iv., vi., viii., and 

 xlvii., with a view to the admission of Women to full Member- 

 ship. 



On the motion of Professor Wilson, seconded by Mr. J. E. 

 Carne, it was resolved : 



That Rule ii. be amended 



(a) By the omission of the word " Associates" (line 1). 



(b) By the substitution of the words — Eligibility to all 

 forms of Membership shall be without distinction of 

 sex — for sentence 3 ["Associate Members shall consist of 

 Ladies only, and shall be entitled to all the privileges of 

 Ordinary Members, except the right of attending 

 Meetings of the Society, and of having a voice in its 

 conduct or management."] 



(c) By the substitution of the word — Persons -for the 

 word — "Gentlemen" (line 7). 



In moving the Resolution, Professor Wilson quoted the 

 following extract from the Presidential Address delivered by the 

 late Professor W. J. Stephens, M.A., on January 27th, 1886, the 

 occasion being the anniversary of the Meeting at which it was 

 arranged to admit women as Associate Members — "This enlarge, 

 ment of the Society's sphere is admittedly only tentative, and 

 may probably be increased hereafter by the admission of all 

 members to full rights without distinction of sex, following the 

 improved practice of the Sydney University in this respect." 



