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still leave it possible to appoint a new Permanent Honorary Secre- 

 tary at one meeting, without delaying the matter till the next. 

 The proposed new rule will take effect at once if carried. 

 The proposed new rule was agreed to on the voices. 



Mr. Teece : There is nothing to prevent the Permanent 

 Honorary Secretai'y employing clerical assistance to assist him in 

 the discharge of his duties. It is altogether absurd to expect Mr. 

 Maiden or any other gentleman to perform all the work in connec- 

 tion with this meeting. (Hear, hear.) He cannot do it. 



The President : I am very glad that you have brought that 

 matter forward, because the labours of the Permanent Honorary 

 Secretary are very heavy. (Hear, hear.) I think he should be 

 reheved of the most arduous portion of his work. 



The Permanent Honorary Secretary : I have cut down 

 expenditure for clerical assistance to the very bone, but I may point 

 out that the work of the Association is showing a very healthy 

 increase year by year, and I cannot promise to cope with it indefi- 

 nitely. With regard to Rule 9 in connection with the five vice- 

 presidents to be appointed, the rule says that they shall be appointed 

 from past Presidents. I would point out that only four of those are 

 at present alive — Professor Liversidge, Professor Bragg, Professor 

 Masson and Professor David. The last-named gentleman is 

 ineligible in the present case, because he is our present President- 

 elect. Therefore, there remain Professors Liversidge, Bragg and 

 Masson, and I would suggest that you do an illegal act, as they did 

 in Brisbane, that is to have two gentlemen who have not been 

 President elected Vice Presidents. 



The President : Tliis is another matter that was deferred 

 from Thursday. We have to appoint five Vice-Presidents under the 

 rule, and under the rule they must be past Presidents. It seems 

 better to appoint five and add the names of two gentlemen as 

 suggested by the Permanent Honorary Secretary, who are not past 

 Presidents. The names that have been suggested are Mr. Teece 

 and Mr. Knibbs. (Applause). The Permanent Honorary Secre- 

 tary desires me to point out that those names were selected not only 

 on account of the merits of their owners, but because these gentlemen 

 are representative of Australia rather than of one State. (Hear, 

 hear.) 



The election of Messrs. Teece and Knibbs was agreed to on the 

 voices. 



Mr. Teece and Mr. Knibbs returned thanks in suitable terms 

 for their election. 



The President : With regard to the other officers to be ap- 

 pointed, it has been suggested tliat the Local Secretaries should be 

 Dr. T. S. Hall, Victoria ; Mr. J. H. Maiden, New South Wales ; Mr. 

 Howchin, South Austraha ; Mr. A. Gibb Maitland, West Australia ; 

 Mr. John Shirley, Queensland ; Mr. Robert Hall, Tasmania, and 

 Dr. C. Coleridge Farr, New Zealand. 



