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bearers for the coming year, at which he hoped there 

 would be a good attendance. 



Mr. Davis gave notice of motion for next meeting 



as follows : — 



That in accordance with Chap. Ill , Bye-law 9, Local Secretaries 

 be appointed in different districts throughout the colony. 



The meeting then terminated. 



Meeting held on the 12th December. — G. H. Hawtayne, 

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

 There were 18 members present. 

 Election.— Member: Mr. L. P. Gallwey. 

 The Secretary read a letter from the Committee of 

 Correspondence informing the Society that it had been 

 decided to postpone the consideration of the question 

 of the next Country Exhibition until after the election 

 of Office-bearers for 1890, in order that the new Com- 

 mittee that would be charged with carrying out the plans 

 should also initiate the work. This letter was taken for 

 notification. 



The President then addressed the meeting, giving a 

 resume of the work of the past year : — 



Gentlemen, — I desire with your permission to follow 

 the example of my predecessor, and to lay before you 

 a short resume of the transactions of the Society during 

 1889. In doing so, I confess that the expectations anc 

 hopes which were entertained at the commencement of 

 my year of office have not been realised, and I am sen- 

 sible that what has been done is largely overbalanced by 

 what has been left undone. At the same time, those 

 entrusted with the conduct, of the Society have clone 

 their best to maintain its prosperity and its usefulness; 



