liv EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES. 
THURSDAY, l6rn JANUARY, 1902. 
GENERAL CounciL MEETING. 
A meeting of the General Council was held in es ne Museum 
Room at 10 a.m., Captain F, W. Hutton, F.R.S., the Presi- 
dent, in the Chair. Also present—Professor ra ‘Liversidge, 
F.R.S. (Permanent Secretary), Hon. N. HK. Lewis, C.M.G. 
(Premier), EK. F. J. Love, M.A., Professor Laurie, Rev. Dr. 
Fison, P. ‘Oakden, Professor Kernot, R. J. Blackett, Tee Hall, 
Professor Mica-Smith (Victoria), Mr. Craig (V ictoria), Professor 
Pollock, H. Deane, C.E., T. A. Coghlan, Professor David J. Grim- * 
shaw, Rev. Dr. Geo. Brown, J: Halligan, W. Carment, R. T. 
Baker (New South Wales), Professors Benham and Arnold-Wall 
(New SOS Dr. Roth (Queensland), Messrs. R. M. Johnston, 
S. Clemes, P. Seager, W. A. Weymouth, F. M. Young, F. J. 
Young, Chas. Mudeoe Le A: Evans, Rev. Dr. Scott, F. Abbott, 
H. C. Kingsmill, A. C. Parker, W. F. Ward, G. A. Waller, A: 
arse C. B. Target, C. B. Petersen, W. H. Hudspeth (Tas- 
mania). 
The Minutes of the meeting held on the 8th inst. were read 
and confirmed. 
CorRESPONDENCE. 
A letter from Professor Baldwin Spencer, resigning his position 
of Secretary for Victoria, in consequence of absence from the 
State, was read. 
The President spoke appreciatingly of Professor Spencer’s ser- 
vices, and it was resolved to accept it with regret. 
SECTIONAL SECRETARIES. 
Professor Love moved, “ That in each Section there should be 
if possible one Sectional Secretary who has had previous experi- 
ence of the work.” He withdrew his previous motion on the 
subject. 
Mr. Alex. Morton seconded. and the motion was agreed to. 
ADELAIDE MEETING. 
The question of fixing the date of the meeting after the 
Dunedin one, at Adelaide, was postponed till the meeting at 
Dunedin. 
RECOMMENDATION. 
Recommended by Section H (Architecture and Engineering)— 
That a suggestion be sent to the Prime Minister, asking that, 
before the site of the Federal capital is determined, the advice 
be obtained of a board, to consist of architects, engineers, and 
surveyors, with the addition of one or more medical men, and one 
or more business men. Agreed to. 
New Rwters. 
Professor Liversidge moved that Rule 9 be amended as fol- 
lows :—‘“ That the President, eight Vice-Presidents, a General 
Treasurer, one or more General Secretaries, and the Local Secre- 
taries, shall be elected by the Council at each Session. Five of 
the above Vice-Presidents shall be elected from former Presi- 
dents, and three (who must. be residents of the State or Colony 
in which the Session is to be held) shall be nominated by the Local 
Committee.” Agreed to. 
