WEDNESDAY, 30th JUNE, 1886. 



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



MEMBERS ELECTED. 



Mr. J. J. Witney, O'Connell Street; Mr. H. J. McCooey, 

 Dubbo ; and Mr. J. A. North, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, were 

 elected Members of the Society. 



Mr. Skeat was present as a visitor. 



The President announced that the Council at its meeting of 

 23rd June had elected Mr. James Stirling, F.G.S., F.L.S., a 

 Corresponding Member of the Society. 



He also announced that the following resolutions had been 

 passed : — 



1. That in accordance with the wish expressed by several 

 Members of the Society, that occasional excursions for biological 

 and geological investigation should be organized and carried out 

 under proper rules and guidance, it is desirable that the Council 

 should make suitable arrangements for the management of these 

 excursions. 



2. That the following regulations be adopted with that view : — 

 A. At each Monthly Meeting of the Council it shall be part 



of their duty to determine what excursions shall 

 take place during the following month ; to fix the time 

 and place of meeting ; to nominate some Member or 

 Members on whom the management and guidance of the 

 party shall devolve ; and to fix the amount of contri- 

 bution, if any, payable by each individual taking part in 

 the excursion. 



