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ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN. 
Professor Liversidge stated that the following Address to the Queen was 
being prepared for presentation, on behalf of the Association :— 
‘Sydney, January, 1898. 
‘© Her Most Gracious MaAJEsty, 
‘“*VICTORIA, QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT 
BRITAIN AND IRELAND, AND ITS DEPENDENCIES: EMPRESS 
or InpIA. 
‘* May it please Your Majesty : 
‘© We, the President and Council of the Australasian Association for the 
Advancement of Science, on behalf of the Members resident in the Austra- 
lian Colonies, in Tasmania, in New Zealand, and in Fiji (now assembled in 
Session in Sydney), approach Your Majesty to express our deep affection 
and loyalty, and to offer to Your Majesty our heartfelt congratulations on 
the completion of the 60th year of Your Majesty’s beneficent and illustrious 
reign, during which so much has been done for the advancement of Science, 
and the well-being of Your Majesty’s happy, united, and prosperous people. 
‘“©On behalf of and in the name of the Australasian Association 
for the Advancement of Science, — 
“A, LIVERSIDGE, 
‘* President.” 
To which the following reply has since been received :— 
SSIs ‘* Government House, Sydney, 23rd June, 1898. 
‘*T have the honour, by direction of His Excellency the Governor, 
to inform you that a Despatch has been received, from the Secretary of 
State for the Colonies, intimating that the Address from the Australasian 
Association for the Advancement of Science has been duly laid before Her 
Majesty. 
‘““Her Majesty was pleased to command that Her warm thanks should 
be conveyed to the Members of your Association for the kind expressions of 
loyalty contained in the beautifully-illuminated address of congratulation. 
‘*T have the honour to be, Sir, 
‘““Your most obedient servant, 
“HH. G. FEILDEN, 
*¢ The President, ‘* Private Secretary. 
‘¢ Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 
“The University, Sydney.” 
