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of this Society the time has come when it is desirable that 

 funds should be provided with the object of assisting, co- 

 operating with, and rewarding research in alpplied science or 

 natural history which have a direct bearing upon the economic 

 development of the State and the production of wealth from 

 its natural resources, and also for encouraging research 

 a'mongst all classes of the community. (b) That in further- 

 ance thereof this Society be incorporated. (c) That an appeal 

 be made to the public for funds to can:*y out the object aimed 

 at. (d) That the Council be a committee, with power to add 

 to their number, to formulate a scheme to attain the objects 

 stated in clause a. Mr. Dixon said it was incumbent on the 

 Fellows of the Koyal Society to do their utmost to promote- 

 science and to place their institution on a stronger and sounder 

 basis. They should cultivate lines of study which the large 

 number of students at present coming forward from the Uni- 

 versity might be likely to take up. The Society should 

 be provided with funds that would enable it to aid those 

 who were pursuing promising investigations, but could not 

 well afford the cost entailed in their experiments, and ought 

 also to have an amount invested sufficient to yield interest 

 for the purchase of medals to reward and encourage research. 

 Every effort should be made to encourage the development of 

 the brains of the community in other directions than that 

 of money-getting. With the funds mentioned they would, 

 of course, require a scheme for their proper management and 

 allotment. He had no fear, although the Government were 

 going in for retrenchment largely, that the grant from the 

 State would be diminished, for it was generally recognised 

 that only by the cultivation of the spirit of scientific research 

 could communities prosper at the present day. Mr. Ashby 

 seconded, alid the motion was carried unanimously. Mr. 

 Chas. F. Johncock wrote apologising for his absence, and 

 expressing full approval of the motion for incorporation as it 

 stands on the notice paper. 



A letter was read from the Secretary of the Linnean Society 

 of New South Wales calling the attention of the Society to 

 the fact that the Queensland G-overnment intended to retrench 

 Mr. F. M. Bailey, the Government Botanist, which would prcr 

 vent him finishing his work on "The Queensland Flora," and 

 invited this Society to unite with other scientific bodies in 

 petitioning the Premier of Queensland to allow Mr. Bailey 

 to complete his work. The following resolution was then 

 proposed by Mr. Tepper, seconded by Mr. Dixon, and carried 

 — "That this Society hears with sincere regret the intention 



