l8o TlMEHRI. 



Meeting held March Sth.~Ur. R. G. Duncan, F.R., 

 President, in the chair. 



Members present ig. 



Ele6lions. — Honorary Member : Mr. J. J. Quelch. 



Ordinary Member : Captain A. W. Baker. 



Associates : Alfredo V. Gonsalves, John 



Adie, Antonio Gomes, Arthur M. Cleveland, R. G. 



Allder, G. T. O. Hughes and Hugh Francis Sproston, 



The President stated, on behalf of the Dire6lors, that 

 they proposed to submit Mr. F. A. R. Winter, for elec- 

 tion as an honorary member. Mr. Winter joined the 

 Society at its inauguration in 1844 and was the only 

 original member now living. He spoke of resigning the 

 other day, and the Dire6lors thought they would propose 

 him as an honorary member so that the connexion 

 should not be broken. 



The President read a letter from the Hon. Dr. Car- 

 rington, informing the Society that as he was leaving the 

 colony for some time he tendered his resignation of the 

 office of Vice-President. To fill the vacancy thus caused 

 the Dire6lors proposed to nominate the Hon. A. Weber 

 at the next meeting. 



The President also informed the meeting that the 

 Book Committee had ele6led Prof. J. B. Harrison and 

 Mr. G. B. Steele as President and Vice-President for 

 the current year. 



Further, the President stated that the Jubilee Cele- 

 bration would take place on Tuesday the 27th inst., 

 when an Exhibition and Conversazione would be held. 

 Any members having relics bearing on the history of the 

 Colony might be good enough to send them in, and the 

 Committee promised that the greatest care should be 



