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10. Appointment of Recommendation Committee. — 



Mr. Hamlet : I have much pleasure in proposing the following 

 names as members of the Recommendation Committee : — Professor W. 

 H. Bragg, Professor Skeats, Professor Chapman, A. H. S. Lucas, Hon. 

 A. Norton, Dr. J. Thomson, Professor Easterfield, P. Board, Professor 

 Pollock, John Shirley, J. H. Maiden, and the mover. 



Seconded by Mr. Scriven. — Carried. 



11. Appointment of Publication Committee. — 



Professor Skeats : I propose the following gentlemen : — Hon. A. 

 Norton, Dr. J. Thomson, Dr. A. J. Turner, W. Cameron, J. C. Briin- 

 nich, and J. Shirley. 



Seconded by Mr. Dux. — Carried. 



12. Motions. — 



I. " That a separate section be formed for Botany." (Proposed 

 -by Mr. J. H. Maiden, at Adelaide.) 



Mr. Maiden : I may say that I addressed the General Council 

 -at Adelaide on the matter, and it was remitted to the section who 

 voted upon it, and they appx'oved by a majority that it be remitted 

 to Brisbane. I made a recommendation as follows : — As a rule, in 

 the Biology section a man is either a zoologist or a botanist, and he 

 listens (the zoologist for example) with great politeness to a paper 

 on a subject he has very little personal interest in. I think the 

 botanists are in the reverse direction equally polite. I submit with 

 .all diffidence, as there is an objection to multiply the sections, that 

 some arrangement could be made to separate the two subjects. Repre- 

 sentatives of the two sciences could meet in different rooms, and if 

 the thing did not work well they could be consulted after a year or 

 two, and they could meet in regard to matters of mutual concern — 

 that is to say, in regard to general Biological questions. 



Mr. Hedley : The sections are all round too many. We do not 

 want to have any more Presidential addresses than we have. I would 

 like some loose federation adopted. Alternatively a botanist or a zoo- 

 logist might preside over a particular section, and alternative days 

 • could be taken by each subject. By such a means we might get all 

 the advantages without its disadvantages. 



Mr. KxiBBS : I beg to second the motion lyro forma. I think there 

 is very little to be said in favour of keeping the two subjects separate. 

 There are certain sides which are common to both, and of wider 

 benefit if they are included under one great heading. I am not sure 

 of the wisdom of splitting into two. 



]\Ir. Bailey : I think Mr. Maiden's suggestion is a very good one. 

 Zoology is not of interest to me; but, of course, I could attend the 

 meetings. I think it would be a very good idea to separate the two 

 into two different sections. 



Mr. Weedox: I have no knowledge of the subject, but if we 

 divide that, we might have other claims very shortly. It strikes me 

 there is not so much difference between engineering and architecture 

 as between botany and zoology. We want to guard against the 

 danger of multiplying the sections. 



