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Mb. L. a. Beknays moved a vote of thanks to the retiring 

 President for his excellent address, and that the address be 

 printed. 



Mr. J. F. Shirley, B.Sc, seconded the motion, which was 

 carried amidst applause. 



Election of Officers and Council. 



The following officers and members of the council for the 

 session 1891-92 were elected by ballot : — President, W. H. 

 Miskin, F.E.S., F.L.S. ; Vice-President, F. M. Bailey, F.L.S. ; 

 Hon. Secretary, W. J. Ryott-Maughan ; Hon. Teasurer, G. 

 Watkins ; Members of Council, T. L. Bancroft, M.B. ; L. A. 

 Bernays (Past President) ; Hon. A, Norton, M.L.A. (Past Presi- 

 dent); W. Saville-Kent, F.Z.S., F.L.S. (Past President); and 

 J. F. Shirley, B.Sc. ; Hon. Librarian, A. E. Harte. 



The Australasian Association for the Advancement 

 OF Science. 



Mr. Roe expressed a wish to consult the views of the meet- 

 ing on a matter of some importance. As they would remember, 

 he was one of the delegates who attended the meeting of the 

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science last 

 year in New Zealand, and although he was only there one day, 

 ■one of the questions asked him was whether Brisbane would be 

 ready to take its turn as the centre for the annual meeting to be 

 held next year. The arrangements for the meeting were always 

 made a year in advance. For example, the Association decided 

 last year to meet at Hobart this year, and at this year's meeting 

 they would decide to come to Brisbane, or, if arrangements could 

 not be made to receive them, go elsewhere. He confessed that 

 when he went to New Zealand he had a feeling that they could 

 not attempt anything of the sort up here ; he thought the picnic 

 part of the programme had a far greater prominence than it really 

 had. The members of the Society attended for the sake of doing 

 work, and he came away impressed Avith the belief that Queens- 

 land was qualified to undertake the responsibility. Then there 



