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Mr. Conyers supported the motion, saying, that the 

 tendency of the Exhibition was to encourage the cultiva- 

 tion of a taste for flowers, and if they had been held 

 regularly as originally proposed, he had no doubt they 

 would have been a success. 



Mr. Julius Conrad said that such an Exhibition was 

 more within the province of the Botanic Gardens, and 

 Mr. Davis thought that the improvement ncticed by Mr. 

 Mackay was due to the same Gardens. 



Mr. Ritchie supported the motion, and Mr. Daly said 

 he always supported such Exhibitions, but in this case 

 he dissented because he wanted to have a proper Show 

 in 1 89 r, so that some of the Exhibits might be sent to 

 the Great American Exhibition of 1892. 



The motion was then put to the vote and lost. 

 The thanks of the Society were presented to Mr. 

 Binney for the donation of a work entitled " Australian 

 Irrigation Colonies." 



Tin: President informed the meeting that he had 

 received the following donations for the Museum : — 

 Messrs. Hogg, Curtis & Campbell ..-^50 o 

 The Proprietors of Taymouth Manor ... 10 10 

 for which cordial votes of thanks were given. 



Mr. Davis asked the President whether it was the 

 intention of the Board ol Directors to invite the opinion 

 of the meeting as to a rule lately passed by the Board 

 " that New Books should lie on the table for 7 days ;" 

 to which Mr. Hawtayne replied that, in accordance with 

 Chap. XV., Bye-law 2, the Directors have power to make 

 rules l^r the management of the Society. 



The President called attention to the fact that the 

 next meeting wuuld be the one for the election of Office- 



