WEDNESDAY, 24th FEBRUARY, 1886. 



The President, Professor W. J. Stephens, M.A.,F.G.S., in the Chair. 



The President announced that the Committee appointed to decide 

 upon the merits of the Essays in competition for the Society's Prize 

 of One Hundred Pounds for the best Original Essay on the Life- 

 History of the Bacillus of Typhoid Fever, have reported that the 

 only Essay which came before them, and which was distinguished 

 by the motto " Advance Australia," is disqualified by the fact that 

 it does not deal at all with the history of the Microbe in question ; 

 and that the Council had consequently determined that, as the 

 prize had now been offered for two successive years, without 

 bringing to the front the original investigation required, the offer 

 should not be renewed, and that the Hundred Pounds given by a 

 member for this purpose should be returned to the donor. 



The President further announced that the donor had transferred 

 the said sum to the credit of the general funds of the Society. 



MEMBERS ELECTED. 



Mr. W. H. Smithers, Craigend, Darlinghurst ; Mr. Markey, 

 Sydney ; Mr. William Allan, Wingham, Manning River ; Mr. S. 

 MacDonnell, Bond-street, Sydney. 



