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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24th, 1907. 



The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Society was held in 

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

 evening, April 24th, 1907. 



Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc, President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. William Noel Benson, Killara; Walter L. Hammond, 

 B.Sc, Marrickville; Allan R. McCulloch, Australian Museum, 

 Sydney; and Reginald H. Relton, Mary Street, Brisbane, were 

 elected Ordinary Members of the Society. 



The President announced that the Society had been honoured 

 with invitations from the Royal University of Upsala, and the 

 Royal Swedish Academy at Stockholm, to be represented officially 

 at the ceremonial gatherings arranged by them to take place next 

 month in connection vviih the celebration of the Bicentenary of 

 Ca»l von Linne, the great Swedish naturalist; and that the 

 Council had deputed Professor J. P. Hill, D.Sc, of University 

 College, r.ondon, to act as the Society's envoy. 



The President also gave notice of a Special General Meeting 

 of the Societ}^, to be held in the Linnean Hall on Thursday, 23rd 

 May, to mark the occasion of the two-hundredth anniversary of 

 the birth of Linnaeus (1707-1778). The Council had approved 

 of a programme which would take the form of a series of short 

 addresses by Members of the Society, especially intended to set 

 forth the place of Linnseus among the pioneers of systematised 

 biological science, and the importance of his work and influence. 

 As the accommodation available would be limited, the Council 

 regretted that it would he unfortunately necessary to restrict the 

 admission of visitors on this occasion. But if desired, and as far 

 as circumstances permitted, one visitor's ticket would be sent to 



