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balance of £492 odd, part invested on mortgage and part in current 

 account. There was a balance of £191 4s. 3d. in the bank in June 

 last. All the Research Funds are invested at 4 per cent, interest. 

 The balance-sheet will be printed in due course and audited. It is 

 open for inspectifon. 



. Mr. Knibbs : I move that the Treasurer's report be adopted, 

 subject to audit. 



Seconded by Mr. Hamlet. — Carried. 



8. Appointment of Officers for the Sydney Meeting. — 



Mr. Maiden : The Council have decided to nominate as President- 

 elect of the Sydney meeting Professor Orme Masson, Professor of 

 Chemistry in the Melbourne, University. I scarcely think it necessary 

 to point out in a committee of scientific men the eminent and pecu- 

 liar qualifications of Professor Orme Masson for an office like this. 

 Therefore, without further ado, I nominate that gentleman as Presi- 

 dent-elect of the Sydney meeting. Perhaps I may be allowed to remind 

 you that Sydney lias been fixed by resolution, in accordance with our 

 rules, as the next meeting place. 



Professor Pollock : I beg to second it. 



Mr. Shirley: I have much pleasure in supporting the motion. 

 Professor Orme Masson was met at Adelaide by a number of Queens- 

 land members, and we are strongly in favour of his nomination. I 

 am sure his election as President will be very popular among Queens- 

 landers. — Carried. 



Mr. Maiden : The order of the meetings has been — Sydney, Mel- 

 bourne, Christchurch, Hobart, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Sydney, then 

 followed as before by Melbourne, Hobart, Dunedin, Adelaide, Brisbane, 

 and now we come back to Sydney again. 



9. Deciding the place for the meeting next following. — 



The President : We would like a Melbourne visitor to propose 

 this. 



Professor Skeats : While I have no special permission to make a 

 proposition, I am perfectly certain that the proper organisation in 

 Melbourne will be extremely happy to extend an invitation to the 

 officers of the Association to meet there, following the one in Sydney — 

 that is, the one to be held in 1913. If it is acceptable, I move it be 

 held in Melbourne. 



A Voice : Why is Perth left out? 



Mr. Shirley : Simply because of the difficulties of communication. 



Mr. Maiden: I received an unofficial letter from the acting local 



secretary in Perth. If his committee sent an official invitation it could 



be voted upon. So far as I am aware, no official invitation has been 



received. 



Mr. Shirley : A pi-oposal to hold the meeting in Western Australia 

 was declined on one occasion. I think this was on account of the 

 small number who would imdertake the trip. 



Mr. Sweet: I have much pleasure in seconding that the next 

 meeting after the Sydney meeting be held in Melbourne, in harmony 

 with the previous and continuous routine. — Carried. 



