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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



The Annual General Meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania 

 was held in the Society's rooms, Museum, on Friday, 5th March, 1909. 

 In the absence of the President (His Excellenc}' the Governor, Sir 

 Gerald Strickland), Mr. Bernard Shaw, on tlie motion of Mr. T. 

 Stephens, seconded by Dr. Butler, was voted to the chair. A fair 

 number 'of Fellows were present. 



RE-ELECTION OF RETIRING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 



There being no other nominations, the retiring members of the 

 Council for the year. Dr. Elkington and Dr. Butler, and Messrs. E. L. 

 Piesse and A. D. Watchorn, were re-elected. 



ELECTION OF FELLOWS. 



The following gentlemen were elected as Fellows of the Society: — 

 Messrs. T. M. Donovan, L.R.C.S., J. D. Miller, H. M. Sich, and W. E. 

 Shoobridge. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The x\nnual Report for 1908 was read by the Secretary to the 

 Council. 



The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the Report and Balance- 

 sheet, said, in reference to the Committee of Fellows who had investi- 

 gated the Society's library, that their work had been carried out in a 

 most thorough manner, and the proceeds derived from the sale of books 

 would go towards the purchase of new works. 



In seconding the motion, Mr. T. Stephens said that the members 

 of the Council who had drafted the Annual Report had been unable to 

 gain any information about the Honorary and Corresponding Members 

 of the Society at the present time. The latest particulars that they iiad 

 been able to discover were in the Annual Report for 1891. It ap- 

 peared from the records that at the Annual Meeting of 1902 it was 

 resolved that the list of Fellows and Members should be annuallj^ pub- 

 lished, in accordance with the original practice, but no trace of such 

 publication has yet been discovered. In reference to the balance-sheet, 

 which had been compiled with great care by their Honorary Treasurer, 

 Mr. Shaw, he (Mr. Stephens) might say that, if there should be a mode- 

 rate increase in the number of Fellows, and nothing extravagant was 

 done in the way of printing, there was a fair prospect of the possibility 

 of making a general reduction in the amount of the annual subscription 

 at the end of the current year. 



The motion was put to the vote and carried. 



