xliv EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES. 
THIRD MEETING OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL, HELD AT THE 
UNIVERSITY, ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 13TH, 1898, AT NOON. 
The President (Professor Liversidge) in the Chair. About fifty members 
were present. 
The Report of the Recommendation Committee was presented and 
adopted. (For particulars see pages xlvi-xlviii.) 
The Report of the Baron von Mueller Memorial Committee (see page 
xlix) was considered. 
The Report of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature Com- 
mittee (see page xlix) was considered and adopted. 
Messrs. R. Teece and R. A. Dallen were re-elected as honorary auditors. 
VoTES OF THANKS 
Were moved, and carried unanimously, to the following :— 
(1.) To the Senate of the Sydney University, for the use of the University 
buildings during the Session. 
(2.) To the Commissioners of the Queensland, New South Wales, Victorian, 
South Australian, and Tasmanian Railways, for concessions in 
railway fares granted to members; and to the Commissioners of the 
New South Wales Railways for a free train to members to visit the 
Blue Mountains. 
(3.) To the Adelaide Steamship Co., the A.U.S. Navigation Co., the Union 
Steamship Co., Messrs. Howard Smith and Sons, and Messrs. 
Huddart, Parker, for concessions in steamer fares. 
(4.) To Mr. John Howell, Managing Director of the Smeltmg Company of 
Australia, for an invitation to visit the works of the Company at 
Dapto; and to Mr. E. W. Knox, J.P., for an invitation to visit the 
Works of the Colonial Sugar Company at Pyrmont. 
(5.) To the Royal Society of New South Wales, for a Conversazione ; the 
Sydney Liedertafel, for a Concert; Mrs. H. C. Russell, for a Garden 
Party ; and to Miss L. Macdonald, and the Victoria Ladies’ Club, 
for ‘‘ At Homes” to members. 
(6.) To Sir James Hector, Professor W. Baldwin Spencer, and Mr. J. A. 
Pollock, for Lectures delivered during the Session. 
(7.) To the Sydney Press, for assistance rendered by publishing reports of 
the proceedings of the Session. 
(8.) To Mr. J. Witter Allworth, Acting Chief-Surveyor of the Department 
of Lands; to Mr. W. C. Piguenit, and to Mr. W. L. Vernon, 
Government Architect, for assistance rendered. 
(9.) To Professor A. Liversidge, President and permanent Hon. Secretary, 
for the services he had rendered to the Association as President and 
General Secretary for the Sydney Session. 
(10.) A special vote of thanks was passed on behalf of the visiting members 
from the other colonies and New South Wales country districts, to 
all those hosts and hostesses who had so kindly afforded private 
hospitality to visitors during the Sydney Session. 
Resolved,—That Professor Liversidge, the President, be authorised to 
sign the Minutes of this final meeting of the General Council for the Sydney 
Session of 1898. 
