MEETINGS OF THE GENERAreOUWCIL 



EXTRACTS FROM MINUTKS, 



Adelaide, January 7th, 1907. 



The President, Professor T. W. Edgeworth David, B.A., F.R.S., took the chair 

 at 10-30 a.m. 



The nainutes of the Dunedin meeting were taken as read, and confirmed. 



Mr. W. Howchin (('eneral Secretary) announced that an apology for non- 

 attendance had been received from Mr. A. Morton, F.L.S. (Local Secretary of 

 Tasmania), and from Mr. Gillen and Mr. G. M. Thomson. Mr. Howchin reported 

 that there had been a .somewhat important change in the officers during the year : 

 Professor Spencer, the President elect, was com{X'lled through private reasons to 

 send in his resignation. A certain course was j)rescribed by regulations, and the 

 General Secretary took the course. As a result Dr. A. W. Howitt had been 

 nominated, and the nomination was to be confirmed at this meeting. 



The following officers were elected imanimously : — Patron, His Excellency 

 Sir George Le Hunte, K.C.M.G. ; Vice-Patron, The Right Hon. Sir Samuel J. 

 Way, Bart., LL.D., Chief Ju.stice ; President, A. W. Howitt, C.M.G., D.Sc, 

 F.G.S. ; General Treasurer, David Garment, F.I.A., F.A.A., Sydney; Permanent 

 Hon. Secretary, Professor A. Liversidge, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. ; Local Treasurer, 

 Professor W. H. Bragg, M.A. ; General Auditors, R. Teece, F.I.A., and R. A. 

 Dallen ; General Secretaries, W. Howchin, F.G.S., and J. P. V. !Madsen, B.E. 

 Local Secretaries — New Soutli Wales, Professor Liversidge ; Queensland, J. 

 Shirley, B.Sc, F.L.S. ; New Zealand, G. M. Thomson, F.L.S., F.G.S. ; Victoria, 

 T. S. Hall, M.A. ; Tasmania, A. .Morton ; South Australia, \V. Howchin F.G.S., 

 and J. P. V. Madsen, B.E., B.Sc. 



The arrangements of the Adelaide meeting were approved, and the thanks of 

 the Council accorded to the local committee, and especially to the secretaries, 

 Mr. Howchin and ilr. Madsen. 



The members whose names were given in the official journal were elected. 



The General Treasurer, Mr. Garment, presented the balance-sheet to June 

 30th, HX)6. He said the figures were satisfactory, and there was a balance to the 

 credit of the funds, which had been invested. In answer to a cjuestion, he said the 

 balance to the credit of the Research Fund was £2,G55 8s. lid. 



Professor Liversidge explained that any balance left over from the meetings 

 was deposited to the credit of the Research Fund, and it was the interest on that 

 fund which was available for grants for research approved by the General Council. 

 The fund was earning 4 per cent. 



The balance-sheet was adopted. 



Nomination of Officers for Brisbane Meeting. 



Professor Liversidge said that the next meeting of the Association was appointed 



to be held at Brisbane in September, 1908, but a good many members of the Council 



thought it was rather bad policy to hold three meetings consecutively in such 



widely separated towns as Dunedin, Adelaide, and Brisbane. It was thought 



