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great indebtedness to Dr. Norton for his valuable services cheerfully rendered 

 without intermission since January, 1882. Two important matters which 

 had been dealt with were the revision and extension of the Society's Rules; 

 and the appointment of the first Macleay Bacteriologist, the successful candi- 

 date being Mr. R. Greig Smith, B.Sc, FAin., M.Sc, Dun., F.C.S., Lecturer 

 in Agricultural Chemistry in the Durham College of Science, Newcastle- 

 -upon-Tyne, who had been selected out of nine applicants for the position. 

 The President took the opportunity of tendering the Society's hearty congratu- 

 lations to Professor David and his coadjutors on the success attained in the 

 recent coral-reef-boring operations at Funafuti, and its best wishes for 

 complete success in any supplementary operations that may become possible. 

 Allusion was made also to the successful Meeting of the Australasian Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science in this city in January last, and to 

 the work done in Section D., Biology. — The remainder of the Address was 

 devoted to a consideration of certain of the more general ideas of biological 

 thought. The value of the idea of purpose in experimental science was 

 discussed along with the place of the conception of mechanism in general 

 evolution theory, and more especially in the later phases of human evolution. 

 Monthly Meeting. 3 botanical Papers were read. 



4. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 



Die fünfzigste Jahresversammlung wird in Boston, Mass., vom 22. bis 

 27. August abgehalten werden. Leider sind die gewählten Tage dieselben, 

 an welchen sich in Cambridge der vierte internationale Zoologen-Congreß 

 versammeln wird. 



5. Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft. 

 Die achte Jahres-Versammlung 



vom 1. bis 3. Juni 1898 



in 



Heidelberg 



findet 



statt. 



Allgemeines Programm : 

 Dienstag den 31. Mai Abends von 8 Uhr an: 



Zwanglose Vereinigung zu gegenseitiger Begrüßung im »Stadt- 

 garten«. 



Mittwoch den 1. Juni 9 Uhr Morgens: 

 Erste Sitzung. 



1) Eröfihung durch den Vorsitzenden, Herrn Geh. Rath. Prof. 

 Dr. F. E. Schulze. 



2) Geschäftsbericht des Schriftführers. 



3) Referat. 



