Report of Society's Meetings. 175 



Meeting held on the 21st February. — G. H. Haw- 

 tayne, C.M.G., C.M.Z.S., F.R.G.S., President, in the 

 chair. 



There were 19 members present. 

 Elections. — Members: Jas. W. Johnson, G. VV. Rock- 

 cliffe, H. H. Cunningham, T. St. Felix Daly, W. 

 Cameron, John Cheong, Dr. C. Fisher, Wm. Crosby, 

 David Gibson, Wm. Chalmers, C. G. Perot, B. Chat- 

 terton, Henry Collier, and the Hon. C. B. King. 



Associates : R. H. McBurnie, J. A. Coelho, 



Augusto Fernandes, H. Bowen, Chas. Haynes, J. 



F. Stow, C. O. Rainer, H. de Rune Barclay, A. M. 



Abbott, Jas. Simpson, R. D. King, W. G. Smellie, 



A. J. Collier, D. L. Hutchinson, J. Bratt, J. W. 



Craig, J. W. de Wever, R. B. Garratt, W. F. Reeves, 



Angus McKay, B. Bleau, and J. C. King. 



The Secretary read the Report of the Librarian for 



1888, which had been referred to the meeting by the 



Board of Directors. 



The President stated in reference to the suggestion as 

 to the admission of temporary visitors to the colony as 

 subscribers, that the Directors had come to the conclu- 

 sion that it was not desirable to lend books to mere 

 transient visitors, as there would be no certainty as to 

 the works being returned. 



Mr. Vyle said that this might be made a source of 

 revenue, and a guarantee could be got from strangers. 



Mr. Nind thought the Society was acting with suffi- 

 cient liberality in allowing strangers the use of the 

 Reading Rooms, and if books should be lent to them, 

 there might be mutilations which the Librarian would 

 not be able to identify or obtain compensation for dam- 



