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had been increased by 59 so that the total of members, 

 associates, and lady subscribers was now 504 ; this he 

 thought was very satisfa6lory. Five le6lures had been 

 delivered in the course of the year, three of them by Mr. 

 Luard, in one of which he was assisted by Mr. H. H. 

 Cunningham, one by Mr. Gladwin and one by Mr. Vyle. 

 He thought the thanks of the Society were due to all 

 these gentlemen, as well as to Mr. Hawtayne, who, 

 although not lefluring himself, had been instrumental in 

 getting them up. During the year 373 volumes of new 

 books had been added to the Library, making a total 

 of 15,300. 



The Hon. Dr. Carrington called attention to the 

 meagre accommodation provided for the meetings, which 

 might tend to keep away members, and suggested that 

 they should be held in the Reading Room instead of 

 the gallery. Mr. Kirke stated that when meetings were 

 held in the Reading Room, they found a difficulty in 

 hearing what was said, and therefore they had removed 

 to the gallery. The Chairman called attention to the 

 Exchange Room, which had been used for some time 

 as the place of meeting, and thought that the Dire6tors 

 might consider the matter in the course of the month. 



Mr. Kirke (in reference to the address of the Chair- 

 man) called attention to the fa6l that some samples of 

 paddy rice were received by the Society from Calcutta 

 in 1887, and grown by Mr. Minty, whose report could 

 be found in " Timehri" for that year. 



The election of Office-Bearers for 1891 was then pro- 

 ceeded with. On the proposition of Mr. Hawtayne 

 seconded by Mr. Austin, the Hon. B. Howell Jones was 

 elefted President, and on that of Mr. Mackay, seconded 



