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to the efficient manner in which the duties of 

 Hon. Secretary were now carried out. The 

 Fellows of the Society had learned from the 

 Report just read that valuable additions had been 

 made to the Library, and improvements effected 

 in the lonf^ room during the past year, but the 

 Report failed to state that it was to the personal 

 liberality of Dr. Agnew that the Society was 

 mainly indebted for such additions and improve- 

 ments. He would therefore move ^^ That the best 

 thanks of the Society are due to the Honorary 

 Secretary, not only for his past services as 

 Secretary, but also for his valuable contributions 

 to the library and museum during the year.'' 



Mr. Abbott seconded, and the motion was 

 unanimously agreed to. 



Dr. Agnew begged to thank the meeting for 

 the very kind manner in which the vote had been 

 proposed and accorded. He was very glad to 

 take this opportunity of again bringing under 

 notice the valuable work of the Curator, Mr. 

 Roblin. The Fellows would, of course, observe 

 the excellent manner in which the '' Moa " had 

 been set up, and he might mention that many 

 other skeletons (and these might almost be con- 

 sidered the back bone of a Museum) were in 

 process of preparation. Among these he would 

 specify two human subjects — a ^^ Killer," two 

 Blackfish, a Dugong, a Porpoise, also an Emu 

 and other birds, &c. These would probably all 

 be completed during the year. He had no doubt 

 the Fellows would be gratified with the paragraph 

 in the Report which referred to the railway works 

 in the Gardens. When these works were first 

 spoken of, it would be recollected that great fears 

 were entertained that they would utterly disfigure 

 a great portion of the Gardens, and also destroy 



