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TUESDAY, August 6th, io a.m. 

 GENERAL MEETING. 



President : A. Lameere. 

 Vice-President: J. van Bemmelen. 

 Secretary : H. Eltringham. 



The President asked the Secretary to make certain com- 

 munications to the meeting. 



The Secretary announced that : 



(i) Messrs. Wheeler and Bethune-Baker's paper would 

 be given in that room in the afternoon at 2 o'clock. 



(2) Mr. Neave's paper would be given that night in Room A 

 at 8.30 instead of on Thursday morning. 



(3) He had received a private letter froin the General Secre- 

 tary, Dr. ^Ialcolm Burr, stating that owing to the continued 

 illness of Mrs. Burr, he would be unable to be present during the 

 whole Congress, but that he hoped to attend for a short time 

 on Thursday. 



(4) Dr. Gordon Hewitt, representative of the Government 

 Department of Agriculture of Canada, would arrive that day. 



(5) Sir Newton Moore, representing the Government of 

 Western Australia, would arrive on Wednesday. 



(6) Dr. H. DziEDZiCKi had telegraphed from Warsaw re- 

 gretting his inability to be present and conveying his best wishes 

 to the Congress. 



(7) ^^^'- Johann Schxabl had sent a similar telegram. 



(8) A telegram had been received from the Entomological 

 Society of Belgium, wishing the Congress every success. 



On the motion of the President a vote of sym¡)athy with 

 Dr. Burr was unanimously carried, and ]\Ir. Eltringham was 

 requested to convey the same to him by letter. 

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