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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2Sth, 1896. 



The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Society was held at the 

 Linnean Hall, Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay, on Wednesday even- 

 ing, October 28th, 1896. 



The President, Mr. Henry Deane, M.A., F.L.S., in the Chair. 



The President formally announced the death, on the 10th 

 inst., of Baron von Mueller, who was one of the first two 

 Honorary Members of the Society to be elected (Jan. 22nd, 1876). 



On the motion of Mr. J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., it was resolved 

 that : — 



(1) The Members of this Society desire to express the profound 

 regret with which the tidings of the decease of Baron ^'on Mueller 

 have been received: and at the same time to place on record their 

 high appreciation of the Baron's life-work,-" which has in so 

 eminent a degree contributed to the advanced state of our km)w- 

 ledge of the Flora of Australia. 



(2) A copy of this resolution be forwarded to the surviving 

 sister of the late Baron with an expression of the Society's 

 sympathy in her bereavement. 



The President read a letter from the Royal Society of Tasmania 

 offering to co-operate in any movement to raise some apj^ropriate 

 Memorial of the late Baron von Mueller. 



