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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29th, 1908. 



The Adjourned Annual General Meeting of March 25th, 1908, 

 was held in the Linnean Hall, Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay, on 

 Wednesday evening, April 29th, 1908. 



Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc, President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary, on behalf of Mr. J. R. Garland, M.A., Hon. 

 Treasurer, presented the balance sheet for the year 1907, duly 

 certified by the Auditors; and he moved that it be received and 

 adopted, which was carried unanimously. 



The President said that the Society had now to say farewell 

 to Mr. Garland in his official capacity as Hon. Treasurer, and 

 that it did so with very great regret. Mr. Garland's business- 

 like management of the Society's finances, his unfailing courtesy, 

 and his disinterested efforts to advance its welfare entitled him 

 to the hearty thanks of the Members. The news of a steady 

 improvement in Mr. Garland's health would be received with 

 great satisfaction. 



On the motion of Mr. Hedley, it was resolved, with acclama- 

 tion, that a record of the Society"s appreciation of Mr. Garland's 

 valuable services should be entered on the Minutes; and that 

 the sincere thanks of the Members, together with their hearty 

 congratulations on his prospective restoration to health, should 

 be tendered to Mr. Garland. 



On the motion of Mr. J. H. Campbell it was resolved that the 

 best thanks of the Society should be conveyed to the Honorary 

 Auditors, Messrs. Duncan Carson and E. G. W. Palmer for their 

 kindness and co-operation in carrying out the annual audit. 



On the conclusion of the formal business of the Meeting, a 

 very hearty vote of thanks to the President for his able address, 

 dealing with a subject of so much importance to the welfare of 

 the community — the right relations of Science and the Govern- 

 ment — was carried with acclamation, on the motion of Mr. 

 R. H. Cambage. 



