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WEDNESDAY, MAY SOth, 1907. 



ORDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 



The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Society was held in 

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

 evening, May 30th, 1907. 



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



Messrs. Thomas Harvey Johnston, M.A., B.Sc, Technical 

 College, Sydney; Robert Kaleski, Liverpool, N. S. W.; 

 Alexander Mackie, M.A., Director of the Training College, 

 Sydney; and Frank H. Taylor, Technological Museum, Sydney, 

 were elected Ordinary Members of the Society. 



The President announced that, under the provisions of Rule 

 XXV., the Council had elected Mr. Henry Deane, M.A.,r.L.S.,&c., 

 Mr. J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., &c.. Dr. T. Storie Dixson, and Mr. 

 Thomas Steel, F.C.S., F.L.S., &c., to be Vice-Presidents; and 

 Mr. J. R. Garland, M.A. (Bull's Chambers, 14 Moore Street) to 

 be Hon. Treasurer, for the current Session. 



A courteous letter from Count Morner, Consul for Sweden, 

 thanking the Society for its tribute to the memory of Carl von 

 Linne, and for the opportunity of attending the Special Meeting 

 arranged to commemorate the Bicentenary; and also expressive 

 of the pleasure which it had aflbrded him, as the representative 

 of the fatherland of Linne, to take part in the proceedings, was 

 read from the Chair. 



An invitation from the New York Academy of Science to 

 participate in its celebration of the Bicentenary of Carl von Linne 

 was announced. The letter unfortunately did not arrive until 

 May 29th. 



An invitation to Members to attend a Meeting of the Sydney 

 Section of the Society of Chemical Industry on 12th June, at 

 which Mr. H. G. Smith, F.C.S., &.c,, will contribute a paper 



