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It was proposed by Mr. A. Morton (Tasmania), and seconded by Mr. R. 
M. Johnston (Tasmania), that the next place of meeting, i.¢e., the Ninth 
Session, in 1902, after the Melbourne Session in 1900, should be Hobart 
(Tasmania). This was postponed for consideration at the next meeting of 
the Council. 
It was announced by Professor Liversidge that communications had been 
received from the Royal Society of London regarding the compilation of 
the Australasian portion of an International catalogue of scientific literature, 
and he moved that an Advisory Committee, with power to add to its 
number, be appointed, consisting of the following representatives from all 
the colonies :—Sir James Hector (New Zealand), Mr. J. Stirling (Victoria), 
Professor E. H. Rennie (South Australia), Professor W. Baldwin Spencer 
(Victoria), Mr. R. L. Jack (Queensland), Mr. T. S. Hall (Victoria), Mr. A. 
Morton (Tasmania), Professor Ralph Tate (South Australia), Mr. W. 
Howchin (South Australia), Mr. John Shirley (Queensland), and the mover. 
The motion was carried unanimously. 
SECOND MEETING OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL, HELD IN THE 
GREAT HALL, AT THE UNIVERSITY, ON Monpbay, JANUARY 
10TH, 1898, aT 4 P.M. 
The President (Professor Liversidge) in the Chair. About thirty-five 
members were present. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
Professor W. C. Kernot (Victoria) moved, and Mr. A. C. Macdonald 
(Victoria) seconded, that Mr. R. L. J. Ellery, C.M.G., F.R.S., be elected 
President, and Professor W. Baldwin Spencer and Mr. E. F. J. Love be 
elected Joint Hon. Secretaries for the ensuing Session of the Australasian 
Association for the Advancement of Science, to be held in Melbourne in 
1900. Professor W. Baldwin Spencer (Victoria) moved, and Professor 
W. C. Kernot (Victoria) seconded, that Mr. C. R. Blackett be Hon. 
Treasurer. Both motions were carried unanimously. 
On the motion of Sir James Hector, F.R.S. (New Zealand), seconded by 
Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S. (New Zealand), it was resolved that the 
place for the Session next following that of the Melbourne meeting be 
Hobart (Tasmania), in 1902. 
It was resolved that the following gentlemen constitute the Publication 
Committee, viz.:—The President, the Hon. General Treasurer, and the 
Secretaries of the ten Sections. This was carried unanimously. 
It was resolved that all the words in Rule 1 after ‘‘ Council’ be omitted, 
and that Rules 4, 5, 6 be omitted entirely, and that ‘‘ten shillings” be 
substituted for ‘‘ five shillings” in Rule 7. 
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It was resolved that the second clause of Rule 9—7.e., ‘‘ Authors of reports 
or of papers published in extenso in the Annual Reports of the Association, ”— 
be omitted, and that the words ‘‘ and members of the Association delegated 
by Scientific Societies ” be substituted. It was also agreed that Rule 13 
be omitted, and that the permanent Hon. Secretary be authorised to make 
all necessary consequential alterations in the Rules. 
