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The vacancy in the Council caused by the death of Mr. W. J. Rainbow was 

 filled by the election of Mr. Launcelot Harrison, B.Sc, B.A., of the Department 

 of Zoology, The University, Sydney. 



Mr. A. R. MeCulloch, Honorary Editor of this journal since its inception, has 

 relinquished the position owing to pressure of other duties. Mr. Launcelot Har- 

 rison, B.Sc, B.A. has been elected in his place. 



Mr. A. F. Basset Hull has been elected President of the Royal Australasian 

 Ornithologists' Union tor the second year in succession. He has also been elected 

 a Corresponding Bellow of the American Ornithologists' Union. 



Sir George Kenrick, ex-Lord Mayor of Birmingham, a keen collector of 

 Butterflies, recently paid a visit to Sydney. He expressed a wish to obtain a 

 collection of Australian Butterflies, and consulted Mr. G. A. Waterhouse, Hon- 

 orary Treasurer of this Society, who, in conjunction with Mr. George Lyell, of 

 Gisborne, Victoria, and Mr. G. M. Goldfinch, of Sydney, agreed to make up a 

 repre'sentative collection provided that Sir George Kenrick made a contribution 

 to the Society's Handbook Publication Fund. To this Sir George agreed, and 

 fixed the contribution at £150. Mr. Lyell has been elected an Honorary Member 

 of the Society in recognition of his action, and the thanks of the Society are due 

 to Messrs. Waterhouse and Goldfinch tor their share in thus enriching the fund. 



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Additional donations to the Handbook Publication Fund, received since publi- 

 cation of the list in the last number of this journal, are: — Hugh Dixson, Esq., 

 £5; G. J. Cohen, Esq., £5, and A. E. Jaques, Esq., £3/19/. 



The Fund now stands at £204/19/ . 



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Dr. J. Burton Cleland, Microbiologist of the Department of Public Health, 



Sydney, and a member of this Society, has been appointed Professor of Path- 

 ology in the University of Adelaide. 



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Dr. R. J. Tillyard, a Member of the Council of this Society, has accepted 

 the appointment of Biologist to the Cawthron institute, Nelson, New Zealand. He 

 will proceed to England and America, representing New Zealand at the Confer- 

 ence of Entomologists to be held m London in June. It is most gratifying 

 that the scientific attainments of Dr. Tillyard have been so signally recognised by 

 the Dominion, and it is equally a matter for regret that our own State has not 

 been able to offer Dr. Tillyard a position and remuneration commensurate with his 

 undoubted abilities. 



By the death of Messrs. W. J. Green and W. J. Rainbow, the Society has 

 lost two of its oldest members. Mr. Green was first elected to the Council in 

 1905, and held the office of Honorary Treasurer until 1910. On his retirement 

 from this office and the Council, he was elected an Honorary Member in recogni- 

 tion of his valuable services. He died on the 13th March last. Mr. Rainbow 

 was elected to the Council in 1910. and held office up to the date of his death, 

 which took place on 21st November last. 



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Mr. Charles Hedley has been appointed Acting Curator of the Australian 

 Museum in succession to the late Mr. Robert Etheridge, Jr. 



