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On the motion of the President, seconded by Mr. White, 

 the Annual Report, as printed and eircuUited, and 

 amended as under, was received and adopted. It 

 was agreed that a refei-ence to the death of Professor 

 Balfour Stewart should be inserted immediately after the 

 obituary paragraph. 



It was also agreed that the name of Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, 

 which had been accidentally omitted from the list of 

 members of the Committee for the Biological Exploration 

 of Port Phillip, should be inserted. 



After some discussion with regard to the publication of 

 a catalogue of books in the library, the office-bearers for 

 the coming year were elected as follows : — 



President, Professor Kernot, M.A., C.E. 



,.. „ -^ . f E. J. White. Esq., F.RA.S. 

 Vice-Preside.nts, ^ j ^^^^_^^ Newbery, Esq., C.M.G., B.Sa 



Hon. Treasurer, James Jamieson, Esq., M.D. 



Hon. Librarian, J. E. iNeild, Esq., M.D. 



rT a ^ • f H. K. Rusden, Esq. 

 non. Secretaries, • tt. -d a -c^ r. 



I r. Barnard, Esq. 



Members of Council, R. L. J. Ellery, Esq., F.R.S., F.R.A.S. ; 



G. S. Gi-iffiths, Esq., F.G.S. ; Prof Orme Masson, 



M.A., D.Sc. ; H. Moors, Esq. ; J. T. Rudall, Esq., 



F.R.C.S. ; Prof W. Baldwin Spencer, B.A. 



The meeting then resolved itself into an ordinary 



meeting, and the minutes of the last ordinary meeting 



were read and confirmed. 



Mr. James Wilson was elected as an associate. 

 The President read a letter received from Professor 

 Liversidge in reference to the Australasian Association for 

 the Advancement of Science. The letter was in reply to 

 one addressed by Mr. Rusden to Professor Liversidge 

 regarding the proposal made by the Exhibition Commis- 

 sioners, that a gathering of scientists should be held in 

 Melbourne some time within the period set apart for the 

 Exhibition. The President added that it had already been 

 decided to hold the first meeting of the Association in 

 Sydney, in August or September, and it remained to be 

 seen how the desire of the Exhibition Commissioners 

 could be met. 



Mr. Jennings' paper on " Irrigation " was postponed, in 

 the absence of the author from the colony. 



