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MINUTES of the Annual General Meeting of 

 the EoYAL Society of Tas^viania, held at the 

 Museum, Macquarie-street, at 7 o'clock p.m., 

 on the 28th January, 1870 : T. Giblin, Esq., 

 in the chair. 



The following gentlemen, who had been previ- 

 ously nominated by the Council, were, after a 

 ballot, duly elected as Fellows of the Society : — 

 Rev. H. D. Atkinson and Horatio Nelson, Esq. 



The Chairman having read the advertisement by 

 which the meeting had been convened, called 

 ujDon the Secretary to read the report. 



The Report for 1869 was then read. 



It was moved by Mr. Stephens, seconded by 

 Mr. Abbott, and carried, ^^ That the Report be 

 adopted and printed for circulation amongst the 

 Fellows." 



Mr. J. W. Graves moved a vote of thanks to 

 Dr. Agnew for the very careful and elaborate Re- 

 port he had drawn up, and he supported the 

 motion by some eulogistic remarks on the services 

 rendered by the Hon. Secretary. 



Mr. F. Abbott seconded, and the motion was 

 unanimously agreed to. 



Dr. Agnew acknowledged the compliment and 

 said he needed no thanks for what he had done ; 

 he should at all times be ready to exert himself to 

 further the interests of the Society. He referred 

 to the testimonial which the last annual meeting 

 requested him to procure, and reported that when 

 he was in Melbourne, he endeavoured to select 

 something to the value of the sum subscribed. The 

 testimonial which he procured had been submit- 



