MEETINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



1889. 



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ANNUAL MEETING. 



Tkiivsday, March lith. 



The President (Professor Kernot) in the chair. 



The President referred to the decease of Sir "William 

 Stawelh who, he said, was one of the original founders of 

 the Society, under the name of the Philosophical Institute. 

 It was instituted in or about the year 1857, and a list of 

 members followed the rules, which were dated January 

 1857. The first name on the list was that of Sir Henry 

 Barkly, who was then Governor of Victoria, and who took a 

 great interest in al] scientific matters. The next name was 

 that of Sir William A'Beckett. Then there were the names 

 of the late Sir Redmond Barry and others. Sir William 

 Stawell was for a long time prior to his death a Trustee oi 

 the pro])erty of the Royal Society. He was also connected 

 with many other bodies. He was a visitor to the Observa- 

 tory from a ver}^ early period, and took an active interest 

 in all scientific matters. Of late j^ears he had not been able 

 to attend the meetings of the Society. A debt of gratitude 



