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ORDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 

 May 26th, 1915. 

 Mr. A. G. Hamilton, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Percy G. Gilder, Department of Agriculture, Sydney; 

 and Mr. Arthur W. Williams, Byron, N.S.W., were elected 

 Ordinary Members of the Society. 



A letter from Mr. J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., returning thanks for 

 the Society's congratulations on the award, for 1915, of the 

 Linnean Gold Medal, was communicated. 



The President, upon requisition, convened a Special General 

 Meeting to be held after the next Monthly Meeting on 30th 

 June. Business : The Hon. Treasurer to move— " That the 

 Annual Subscriptions of all Ordinary Members of the Society 

 serving with the Australian Expeditionar}- Forces be remitted 

 during their term of service." 



The President made regretful reference to the decease of Mr. 

 William Allan, of Wingham, and Mr. Charles W. de Vis, of 

 Brisbane. The former was the oldest Member of the Society in 

 point of years, elected in 188G. He settled on the Manning 

 River in his younger days, and spent the rest of his life there. 

 He deceased on 26th April, in his ninety fifth year. Mr. C. W. 

 de Vis, for many years Curator of the Queensland Museum, had 

 been a Corresponding Member for more than thirty years. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly Meeting (28th April, 1915), amounting to 12 Vols., 

 93 Parts or Nos., 36 Bulletins, and 1 Pamphlet, received from 

 40 Societies, etc., were laid upon the table. 



