of President of two sections. I further claim to have some estimate 

 of the working of the Association, and my experience as Hon. Secre- 

 taiy of the Royal Society for eighteen years may be some guarantee to 

 you who do not know me that I am not at all likely to run counter 

 to the traditions of the Australasian Association for the Advancement 

 of Science. 



A Voice : How about changing the title ? 



The President : According to our rules, the office is Permanent 

 Honorary Secretary. Furthermore, we have no power to alter it. 

 Mr. Maiden is, therefore, elected Permanent Honorary Secretary of 

 the Association. 



Mr. Knibbs : The office was named General Secretary in order to 

 submit another motion. 



The President : Then such a title was not in order. 



Mr. Knibbs : In Professor Liversidge's letter to you he mentioned 

 that, strictly speaking, the rules do not provide for bringing in a 

 general secretaiy, and he left a memo, in his papers desiring that the 

 title be formally corrected to designate the office he held, and you 

 will see by the resolution just submitted if the title is not " Per- 

 manent " as consti-ued in the rules it is not quite correct. What we 

 have carried was that a general secretaiy shall be appointed, and that 

 he shall be pemianent. 



Mr. Shirley : The best thing would be to give notice ; it cannot 

 be altered without giving notice. 



The President : That the word " Permanent " be placed before the 

 words "General Secretary." 



5. Election of Local Secretaiy for New Zealand. — 



Mr. Shirley : I have received a letter from Mr. Thomson, Local 

 Secretary at Dunedin, who has lately been elected to the New Zealand 

 Parliament, resigiiing his position as local secretaiy. He has con- 

 sulted with Dr. Coleridge Farr, who is willing to accept office, and 

 I therefore propose that Dr. Coleridge Farr be elected Local Secretary 

 for New Zealand. 



Professor Easterfield : I have mucli pleasure in seconding. Dr. 

 Farr is a very capable man. — Canied. 



6. Reports of Research Committees. — 



Mr. Shirley : I will propose that the reports of Research Com- 

 mittees be received by the Recommendation Committee at their first 

 meeting, and that in the meantime the reports be deferred. 



Professor Pollock : I second the motion. — Can-ied. 



7. Balance-sheet. — 



Mr. D. Garment: This is the balance-sheet from July, 1906, to 

 the 30th June, 1908. In the June account there was a debit of £69 

 2s. 5d., but, owing to subscriptions having come in, there is a con- 

 siderable difference. There is now a credit balance. The Research 

 Committee Fund has a credit of £2,872 odd, of which the greater part 

 is invested on mortgage, and the balance is in current account. The 

 Mueller Memorial Fund is a separate account. This has a credit 



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