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MINUTES of the Annual General Meeting of 

 the Royal Society of Tasmania, held at the 

 Museum, Macquarle-street, at 7 o'clock p.m., 

 on the 29th January, 1872 : Morton Allport, 

 Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S., C.M.A.L, Vice-President, 

 in the chair. 



The Chairman having read the advertisement 

 by which the meeting had been convened, called 

 upon the Secretary to read the report. 



The Report for 1871 was then read. 



It was moved by Mr. Bilton, seconded by Mr. 

 Giblin, and carried, *' That the Report be adopted, 

 and printed for circulation amongst the Fellows." 



Messrs. F. Abbott, jun., and C. Belstead, having 

 been appointed scrutineers, the meeting proceeded 

 to the election of four members of Council, in 

 place of those retiring. 



The ballot resulted in the re-election of the 

 retiring Members, &c. : — 



Sir Robert Officer. 

 T. Stephens, Esq. 

 H. J. Buckland, Esq. 

 J. Barnard, Esq. 



Messrs. F. Butler and H. Cook were, on the 

 motion of Mr. T. Giblin, seconded by Mr. F. 

 Abbott, senior, re-elected Auditors of annual 

 accounts. 



R. J. Ross, Esq., after due nomination, was 

 elected a Fellow of the Society. 



Mr. T. Giblin observed that the Fellows had 

 great reason to be pleased with the present posi- 

 tion of the Society. The debt had been reduced 

 during the past, and was likely to be entirely 

 cancelled b}^ the end of the present year. The 



