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3IINUTES of the Atmiial General Meeting of the Royal 

 Society of Tasmania, held at the Museum., Macquarie- 

 street, on the 2Wi January, 1878 ; The Right Rev. the 

 Lord Bishop of Tasmania in the Chair. 



The Chairman, having read the advertisement by which the 

 meeting had been convened, requested that the Report might 

 be read. 



Mr. M. Allport (in the absence of the Honorary Secretary, 

 Dr. Agnew) read the Report of the Council for the year 1877. 



It was moved by the Rev. W. W. Spicer, seconded by Mr. 

 Manley, and carried, ^' That the Report be adopted, and printed 

 for circulation amongst the Fellows." 



Mr. Allport having reported that the retiring Members of 

 Council were Sir Robert Officer, Messrs. T. Stephens, H. J. 

 Buckland, and J. Barnard, it was unanimously resolved that 

 they should be re-elected. 



Messrs. H. Cook and F. Butler were elected Auditors of 

 Annual Accounts. 



The following gentlemen were balloted for and declared duly 

 elected as Corresponding Members : — James Hector, Esq., 

 M.D., F.R.S., &c., Director of the Geological Survey of New 

 Zealand; and Robert Etheridge, jun., Esq., F.G.S., of the 

 Geological Survey of Scotland. 



Mr. Morton Allport stated that in future the printed pro- 

 ceedings of the Society would not be distributed as heretofore 

 to the members, but would be obtainable on application at the 

 Museum, The part for 1876 was now ready. This plan would 

 be pursued, as by the old system of distribution the Society 

 had run out of some of the earlier numbers of its proceedings. 

 Mr. Allport continued that he would take the opportunity, in 

 the absence of their Hon. Secretary, Dr. Agnew, to move a 

 direct vote of thanks for his services during past years, more 

 especially for those in the year which was just ended. (Cheers.) 

 Nothing that he could say would tend to increase the respect 

 that was felt for him. It was simply a fact that had it not 

 been for Dr. Agnew's labours on behalf of the Society there 

 would have been no society at all. (Hear, hear.) Dr. 

 Agnew's services had been great in previous years, but last 

 year they had been more than ever valuable. Many improve- 



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