11 



MINUTES of the Annual General Meeting of 

 the KoYAL Society of Tasmania, held at the 

 Museum, Macquarie-street, at half-past 7 o'clock 

 2:).m., on the 30th January, 1877, the Right Rev. 

 the Lord Bishop of Tasmania in the chaii'. 



The advertisement by which the meeting had 

 been convened having been read, the Chairman 

 called upon the Secretary to read the Report. 



The Report for 1870 was then read. 



It was moved by Mr. Allport, and seconded 

 by the Rev. W. W. Spicer and carried : — " That 

 the Report be adopted and printed for circulation 

 amongst the Fellows." 



The Secretary having reported that the retiring 

 Members of Council were Messrs. F. Abbott, T. 

 Giblin, Justin McC. Browne, and A. G. Webster, 

 it was unanimously resolved, on the motion of 

 Mr. Swan, seconded by Mr. Bilton, that they 

 should be re-elected. 



Messrs. H. Cook and John Macfarlane were re- 

 elected Auditors of Annual Accounts, on the 

 motion of Mr. Grant, seconded by the Rev. W.W. 

 Spicer. 



William Baynes, Esq., of Queensland, and the 

 Rev. J. B. Richards, President of Horton College, 

 were then, by ballot, elected Fellows of the 

 Society. 



Mr. Barnard said that every succeeding year 

 only served to increase the obligations the 

 Society was under to their Hon. Secretary, Dr. 

 Agnew, whose efforts had not slackened, and who 

 had neglected no opportunity of advancing the 

 Society's interests. They were all deeply in- 

 debted to Dr. Agnew for the way in which he 

 fulfilled his self-imposed duties, and ho would 

 move — and he was sure all present would gladly 



