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passed to his wife and family, expressing our great regret 



at their loss and our sympathy with them in their 



bereavement. 



Mr. Hawtayne seconded the motion, which was 



carried unanimously, the Secretary being dire6ted to 



write to Mrs. Drysdale in terms of the motion. 



Mr. W. R. Colbeck desired to call the attention of the 

 Book Committee to the fa6t that when Books are recom- 

 mended and not ordered, no reason is ever given for 

 their reje6lion. He thought that this might be done, by 

 noting against the recommendation, whether it is 

 accepted or not, and if not, the reason why. 



Mr. Bayley said that he had had reason to complain 

 of the same thing ; he had made recommendations and 

 had never seen the books or known whether they had 

 been ordered or not. Mr. Turner thought it quite reason- 

 able that this should be done, and the Chairman said he 

 had no doubt that the Book Committee would carry it 

 out in future. 



The Revd. W. B. Ritchie stated that Capt. Montague 

 Jones, an old member of the Society, wanted to have the 

 use of the Rooms during his short visit to the Colony. 

 The Secretary recommended that Capt. Jones have his 

 name put in the Visitors' Book. 



The thanks of the Society were given to the Revd. 

 H. V. P. Bronkhurst for a copy of his " Descriptive and 

 Historical Geography" &c. 



The meeting then terminated. 



Meeting held on the nth December. — Hon. B. H. 

 Jones, Vice-President, in the chair. 



There were 19 members present. 

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