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The meetings of the Section Lave been so sparsely attended by 

 members hitherto that no steps have been taken beyond making 

 the preliminary arrangements above referred to. 



E. Du FAUE, 



Wm. Fosde, Chairman. 



Hon. Secretary, Section F. 



SECTION G.— LITEEATUEE AND FINE AETS, 

 INCLUDING AECHITECTUEE. 



There have been six meetings of this Section, at three of which 

 quorums have not been formed. 



PRELIMINARY MEETING-, TUESDAY, 27 JUNE, 1876. 



Fourteen members joined, and the following elected office- 

 bearers : — 



Chaismax. — E. L. Montefiore. 

 Ho^r. Sec.^ — H. A. Lenehan. 



Committee. — E. Du Faur, L. F. De Salis, Gr. Morell, W. G. ■ 

 Murray. 



Business meetings arranged for fourth Monday of each month 

 during session, and that the subject for first business meeting 

 should be " Processes of Photographic Eeproduction." 



MONDAY, 24 JULY, 1876. 



Mr. E. L. MoKTEEiORE in the Chair. 



Several members were present. A considerable number of 

 examples of the various photographic reproductions were ex- 

 hibited by members of the Section, also some of the pellicle 

 patented, by Mr. Kennett, of London, for his dry plate process. 

 Mr, Eussell submitted, for the information of the members, the 

 cost of obtaining the use of Woodbury's patent, obtained by him 

 from that gentleman during his recent visit to Europe. The, 

 plates exhibited printed by the process obtained from Mr. Wood- 

 bury himself were exceedingly beautiful. This process was 

 considered to give not only much greater detail in the pictures, 

 but greater rapidity in reproduction than other processes. After 

 a lengthened discussion as to the various processes, it was 

 resolved, — " That a letter be prepared, and submitted for the 

 approval and signatures of the members, at the next general 

 meeting of the Society, asking the Government to procure, for 

 the use of the Government Printing Office, the process invented 

 and patented by Mr. Woodbury, by which photographs taken 

 direct from natural objects could bo printed with all the trutli- 



