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MINUTES of the Annual General Meeting 

 of the Royal Society of Tasmania, held at the 

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

 the 29th January, 1868 ; M. Allport, Esq., in 

 the chair. 



The Chairman read the advertisement conven- 

 ing the meeting, and called upon the Secretary to 

 read the Report. 



Dr. Agnew, the Honorary Secretary, read the 

 Report of the Council for the year 1867, and laid 

 on the table the Balance Sheet of Receipts and 

 Expenditure. 



It was resolved (on the motion of Mr. Abbott, 

 seconded by Mr. Stephens), '^ That the Rejoort be 

 adopted and j)rinted for distribution amongst the 

 Fellows." 



Messrs. Justin Browne and J. M. Clarke having 

 been appointed Scrutineers, the meeting proceeded 

 to ballot for ^ye members of Cou.ncil — four in place 

 of the retiring members, and one in the room of 

 Col. Chesney, who had left the Colony, and in 

 whose place Mr. H. J. Buckland had been tem- 

 porarily elected. 



The ballot resulted in favor of the undermen- 

 tioned Fellows, who were declared duly elected : — 

 F. Abbott, Esq. 



Hon. T. D. Chapman, Esq., M.H.A. 

 T. Giblin, Esq. 

 H. J. Buckland, Esq. 

 Justin Mo.C. Browne, Esq. 



Mr. Abbott thought that something more than 

 a formal vote of thanks was due to the Honorary 

 Secretary, Dr. Agnew, who had served the Society 

 so well for nearly seven years, during which time 

 a debt of nearly £400 had been paid off. And he 



