XVII 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL COUxNCIL. 



FIRST MEETING. 



3.30 P.M., Monday, 10th January, 1921. 



Professor Sir Edge worth David, the retiring President, in the 

 Chair. (This and subsequent meetings were held in the Biological 

 Theatre of the University.) 



Mueller Memorial Medal Committee. 



The Committee reported that, owing to the long time (eight years) 

 which has elapsed since the last award, which is usually made 

 biennially, it had decided : — 



(a) To award two Medals instead of one at the present 

 meeting. 



{b) That the recipients be (1) Mr. Eichard Thomas Baker, 

 • Curator of the Jechnological Museum, Sydney, in 

 acknowledgment of his eminent services to Botany, 

 jDarticularly in regard to Eucalyptus, and (2) Pro- 

 fessor C. Chilton, D.Sc, Professor of Biology, 

 Christchurch, New Zealand, in acknowledgment of 

 his eminent services to Zoology, particularly in 

 regard to the Crustacea. 



Recommendation Committee. 



The Permanent Honorary Secretary moved : That a Recommen- 

 dation Committee be appointed as follows : — 



The usual ex officio members. 



The Presidents of Sections. {See Association Report, Vol. XIII., 

 p. xxxii ; also Rules 36 and 37, p. lxxii.) 



Publication Committee. 



The Permanent Honorary Secretary moved : That a Publication 

 Committee be appointed, to consist of the Secretaries of Sections, the 

 Local Treasurer, and the General Secretaries of the States of Tasmania 

 and Victoria. {See Association Report, Vol. XIV., p. xvii.) 



