PROCEEDINGS. 



OF THE 



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FIRST MEETING. 



Twenty -eighth year, Thursday, igiJi November, 1885. 



Dr. Macdonald, the retiring President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the annual meeting were read and approv- 

 ed. 



Dr. Mockridge's motion, of which notice was given at tl e 

 Annual Meeting, viz: — "That all resident Past-Presidents of the 

 Association be ex-officio members of the Council of the Associa- 

 tion," was passed. 



The Secretary read a report of the proceedings for Session 

 1884-5 as follows : — 



"The Session which closed with the Annual Meeting held on 

 the 28th of May last, was on the whole, one of the most success- 

 ful that ever the Society has held. 



Never before in the history of the Association have such a 

 number of meetings been held, or so many subjects brought 

 before the members as during the last Session. No less than 

 fourteen regular meetings of the Association being held, at which 

 sixteen papers, on as many distinct subjects, were read. 



The attendance at these meetings was invariably good, 

 while at some of them it was large. A greater and more general 



