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MINUTES of the Annual General Meeting of the 

 Royal Society of Tasmania, held at the Museum 

 on Tuesday evening^ 29th January, 188|fe. the Man. 

 Dr. Agnew in the Chair. .-^ 



There was a numerous attendance of Fellows. 



The under-mentioned gentlemen were duly elected Fellows 

 of the Society ; y'v/. — A. B. Biggs, Esq., of Launceston ; the 

 Right Rev. Bishop Sandford, D.I). ; Albert W. Graham, Esq.; 

 Lieut. -Colonel Legge, R.A. 



The Hon. Secretary, Mr. Barnard, read the Report of the 

 Society for the past year ; when it was moved by the Chairman, 

 " That the Report be adopted, and printed tor cii-culation 

 among the Fellows." Carried unanimously. 



The four retiring Members of Council, and the two Auditors * 

 of annual accounts, were duly re-elected. 



Mr. Grant had great pleasui'e in })roposing a vei-y heartv 

 vote of thanks to the Honorary Secretary, Mr. Barnard, who 

 had so kindly nndertaken the office during the absence of their 

 former Seci-etary, Dr. Agnew. Fie felt sure that the Fellows 

 of the Society most cordially welcomed back Dr. Agnew, who 

 had formerly done so very much for the Society, havino" been 

 the most able and generous Secretary it was j)ossible to be 

 favoured with. At the last Council meeting, beino- the first at 

 which Dr. Agnew was present since his "return home, Mr. 

 Barnard expressed a great anxiety to relinquisli the office to the 

 former occujjant, who had so well and so worthily filled it, and 

 became thoroughly identified therewith. He felt sure the 

 F'ellows would be greatly pleased to hear that Dr. Ao-new had 

 re-accepted the position, and after this meeting would again 

 ])ecome the Secretary, and his influence and services would 

 doubtless be, as before, of inestimable value thereto. Mr. 

 Barnard had most worthily filled the post during the interval, 

 and the Society owed him a great debt of gi-atitude ibr tlie 

 ability, zeal, and industry he had exhibited in its service, which 

 their great joy at welcoming back Dr. Agnew ouglit not to 

 make them overlook or diminish. The Society liad lost a 

 talented and most iiiithful reju'esentative in their late Curator, 

 who was so highly respected, and whose loss was so sincerely 



