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Hon. Dr. Agnew, who in May celebrated their jubilee as 

 Members of the Royal Society of Tasmania and its pre- 

 cursor, the Tasmanian Society for Natural Science. 



Finance. 



The income has been : — Subscriptions to Royal Society, 

 £175; fixed deposit, £208; interest, £10 18s.; total, 

 £393. Expenditure, £235 1*. id. 



In moving the adoption of the Report the Chairman 

 stated that the meeting would have been held in January 

 but that the meeting of the Australasian Association for 

 the Advancement of Science took up the whole of the 

 time of those engaged. The Society had met with great 

 success, for which the thanks of the Members were due 

 to the liberality with which their requests had been met by 

 the Parliament of Tasmania. The Municipal Corporation 

 also deserved thanks for the manner in which they had 

 given space at the Town Hall to hold the lectures in. 

 The Committee had used almost superhuman exertions to 

 make the affair a success, and from the results which had 

 attended the labours of those engaged there was no doubt 

 but that the whole had been a most undoubted success. 



Mr. C. H. Grant seconded this, which was carried. 



Votes of thanks were moved by Mr. C. Belstead and 

 seconded by Mr. C. H. Grant, to the Auditors for the 

 work carried out by them during the past twelve months, 

 they being re-elected to fill that position; and by Mr. A. 

 Morton-, seconded by Mr. C. H. Grant, to the Press as 

 follows : — <k That a vote of thanks be accorded the Press 

 for its valuable services in promoting the objects of the 

 Royal Society by its ready and accurate reports of the 

 evening meetings, and in various other matters," — both 

 of which were carried unanimously. 



Mr. Morton, in moving the above, spoke in feeling 

 terms of the services rendered by the late Mr. J. Johnson, 

 formerly a member of the reporting staff of The Mercury. 

 The seconder and the Chairman also endorsed the remarks 

 made by the Secretary, after which the meeting terminated. 



