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scope for its development, and hia investigations iu Greology and 

 Natural History generally were very extensive. His industry 

 was indefatigable, and he contributed a large uuiuber of papers, 

 which embrace a wide range of subjects, to various scientific 

 journals and magazines, both British and Colonial. In addition 

 to writing on Australian Geology, Palseoutology, and Faunistic 

 Zoology, lie also described recent and fossil organisms from New 

 Gruinea, New Caledonia, the Fiji Islands, and other parts of the 

 Australasian area, devoting especial attention to recent Mollusca. 

 As independent works he was the author of ' A History of the 

 Discovery and Exploration of Australia,' ' Geological Obser- 

 vations in !South AustraHa,' ' North Australia and its Physical 

 Geography,' ' Australian Essays,' ' Australian Bibliography,' 

 and ' Not quite as Old as the Hills,' — works which showed much 

 careful observation and a passionate devotion to the study of the 

 many-sided charms of Nature by which he was surrounded. 



From 1883 to 1886 Mr. Tenison-Woods visited Singapore 

 and portions of the Malayan Archipelago, his journey extending 

 as far as China and Japan, and during which he made extensive 

 collections. Unfortunately the malaria to which he had been 

 exposed daring his travels had undermined his constitution, his 

 health was broken and he gradually sank, dying at Sydney, 

 October 7th, 1889. 



In 1880, Mr. Tenison-Woods was President of the Linnean 

 Society of New South Wales. He was a Fellow of the Geo- 

 logical Society. He was elected a Fellow of this Society in 

 1863, but did not contribute any paper to its publications. 



June 5th, 1890. 



Prof. Chakles Stewart, President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the Anniversary Meeting were read and con- 

 firmed. 



William Haddon Beeby, Esq., and the Eev. Samuel Gaskiug 

 were elected Fellows. 



The President nominated Mr. William Carruthers, Prof. P. 

 M. Duncan, Mr. Frank Crisp, and Mr. John Gilbert Baker to be 

 Vice-Presidents for the ensuing year. 



The President then read the following resolution, which was 

 carried by acclamation : — 



" That this Society desires to record its sense of the value of the 

 services rendered by Mr. Carruthers as its President for four 

 years, during which period he was conspicuous for the unremit- 

 ting attention he gave to the business of the Society in all its 

 details, and most jealously watched o\er its interests and welfare, 



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