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however, that arrangements will be made by which these 

 observations will be resumed at no distant date, on a basis 

 similar to that in the neighbouring colonies. The Society 

 is indebted to Mr. W. E. Shoobridge for the results of his 

 observations during the year ; and the contributions from 

 the light-houses and Mount Nelson have been received as 

 usual. Two vacancies have occurred in the list of Vice- 

 Presidents ; the one by the absence from the colony of the 

 Right Rev. Bishop Broraby, the other by the death of the 

 Ven. Archdeacon Davies. His Excellency has been 

 pleased to appoint His Honor Mr. Justice Dobson, and 

 T. Stephens, Esq., M.A., F.G.S., to the offices. 



Council. 



Two vacancies in the Council, also caused by the absence 

 of the Bishop and the death of Archdeacon Davies, have 

 been filled up by the election of Mr. Justice Dobson and 

 Mr. C. H. Grant. The list of retiring Members has been 

 posted in the library for the last three days, agreeably to 

 Rule No. 33. 



Finance. 



The income from all sources was as follows :— Govern- 

 ment grant in aid to Museum, £200 ; to Gardens, £450 ; 

 annual subscriptions, £145 lOs. ; special donations, 

 £165 5.?. ; from Marine Board, £20; sale of plants, &c. 

 at Gardens, £75 Is. \0d, ; from Morton Allport Memorial 

 Fund £10 195. This, with £30 125. in the hands of the 

 Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens for weekly pay- 

 ment of men's wages, and arrears of subscriptions £40, 

 will give a total of £1 137 75. 10c?. The expenditure with 

 liabilities, as per balance sheet, amounted to £11 45 25. 5rf., 

 leaving a balance to debit of £7 145. 7d It shou d be 

 stated that, owing to the reduced amount for 1880 of the 

 grant in aid to the Gardens, a deficiency of £25 on account 

 of their working expenses was supplied by the Society. 

 This advance, however, will be repaid during the year 1«81, 

 the grant having been restored to its former amount. It 

 will be remembered that a fund collected to provide a 

 memorial of the late Mr. Morton Allport was in 

 accordance with a resolution of the subscribers, invested for 



