Report of Recording Secretary for 
Session 1908-09 
NOVEMBER 20, 1908. 
OPENING MEETING. 
“WHAT AppLiED SCIENCE Has DoNE FoR THE FARM,”’ 
The President, Mr. A. Alexander, F.S.Sc. 
‘* Microscopic LIFE—DIATOMS,’’ 
1st Vice-President, Mr. H. B. Witton. 
““SomE NoTres ON THE Fiji ISLANDS,”’ 
Mr. Lyman Lee, B.A. 
‘* SOME SCIENTIFIC PROBLEMS IN EDUCATION,’’ 
Dr. Morgan. 
‘* Local FLora,’’ 
Mr. J. M. Dickson. 
President A. Alexander, F.S.Sec., occupied the chair. 
Mr. Alexander expressed the hope that we might 
have a very successful lecture season, and that the aim of 
the Association should be to encourage original research as 
much as possible, in the effort to add something new to the 
list of human knowledge. 
Applications for membership were received from Mr. 
C. H. Dennis, Miss Battram, Miss Dixon and Miss Trail. 
These were recommended by Rev. W. Delos Smith and Mr. 
Lyman Lee, B.A., also from Mr. Walter Blandy, proposed 
by Mr. Williams, and it was decided that these names 
should be voted upon at the next meeting. 
Mr. Gadsby was then called upon in regard to some 
proposed amendments to our Constitution. Mr. Gadsby 
stated that the amendments had been drafted as desired by 
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