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  G. 
  L. 
  Goodale 
  — 
  Possibilities 
  of 
  Economic 
  Botany. 
  

  

  Considering 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  the 
  other 
  colonies 
  and 
  

   New 
  Zealand, 
  the 
  meeting 
  was 
  well 
  attended. 
  From 
  Hobart, 
  

   Tasmania, 
  to 
  the 
  southern 
  harbor, 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Bluff, 
  in 
  New 
  

   Zealand, 
  the 
  sea 
  voyage 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  little 
  short 
  of 
  one 
  thousand 
  

   miles 
  of 
  rough 
  water. 
  From 
  Sydney 
  in 
  New 
  South 
  Wales 
  to 
  

   Auckland, 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  it 
  is 
  over 
  twelve 
  hundred 
  miles. 
  If, 
  

   therefore, 
  one 
  journeys 
  from 
  Adelaide 
  in 
  South 
  Australia, 
  to 
  

   Christchurch, 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  where 
  the 
  meeting 
  was 
  held 
  he 
  

   travels 
  by 
  land 
  and 
  by 
  sea 
  over 
  two 
  thousand 
  miles. 
  From 
  

   Brisbane 
  in 
  Queensland, 
  it 
  is 
  somewhat 
  farther. 
  Although 
  

   certain 
  concessions 
  are 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Associa- 
  

   tion, 
  the 
  fares 
  by 
  rail 
  and 
  by 
  steamship 
  are 
  high, 
  so 
  that 
  

   a 
  journey 
  from 
  any 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  seats 
  of 
  learning 
  in 
  Australia 
  

   proper 
  to 
  New 
  Zealand 
  is 
  formidable 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  cost. 
  

   It 
  is 
  remarkable 
  that 
  so 
  large 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  members 
  should 
  

   have 
  met 
  together 
  under 
  such 
  circumstances, 
  and 
  it 
  speaks 
  well 
  

   for 
  the 
  great 
  strength 
  and 
  vigor 
  of 
  the 
  Association. 
  

  

  The 
  Australasian 
  Association 
  is 
  modelled 
  rather 
  more 
  closely 
  

   after 
  the 
  British 
  Association 
  than 
  is 
  our 
  own. 
  The 
  president 
  

   delivers 
  his 
  address 
  upon 
  his 
  inauguration. 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  business 
  meetings, 
  but 
  all 
  the 
  details 
  are 
  attended 
  to 
  by 
  

   an 
  executive 
  committee 
  answering 
  to 
  our 
  council 
  ; 
  none 
  except 
  

   the 
  members 
  and 
  associates 
  are 
  invited 
  to 
  attend 
  even 
  the 
  

   sectional 
  meetings 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  other 
  differences 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  three 
  associations. 
  The 
  secretaries 
  stated 
  to 
  me 
  

   their 
  conviction 
  that 
  their 
  organization 
  and 
  methods 
  are 
  better 
  

   adapted 
  to 
  their 
  surroundings 
  than 
  ours 
  would 
  be, 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  

   their 
  arguments 
  seemed 
  cogent. 
  Although 
  the 
  Association 
  has 
  

   been 
  in 
  existence 
  but 
  three 
  years, 
  it 
  has 
  accomplished 
  great 
  

   good. 
  It 
  has 
  brought 
  together 
  workers 
  in 
  different 
  fields 
  for 
  

   conference 
  and 
  mutual 
  benefit 
  ; 
  it 
  has 
  diminished 
  misunder- 
  

   standings, 
  and 
  has 
  strengthened 
  friendships. 
  In 
  short 
  it 
  is 
  

   doing 
  the 
  same 
  kind 
  of 
  good 
  work 
  that 
  we 
  believe 
  ours 
  is 
  now 
  

   doing, 
  and 
  in 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  way. 
  

  

  Your 
  message 
  was 
  delivered 
  at 
  the 
  general 
  evening 
  session 
  

   immediately 
  before 
  the 
  induction 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  officers. 
  The 
  retir- 
  

   ing 
  president, 
  Baron 
  von 
  Mueller, 
  and 
  the 
  incoming 
  president 
  

   Sir 
  James 
  Hector, 
  in 
  welcoming 
  your 
  representative, 
  expressed 
  

   their 
  pleasure 
  that 
  you 
  should 
  have 
  seen 
  fit 
  to 
  send 
  personal 
  

   greetings. 
  

  

  In 
  replying 
  to 
  their 
  welcome, 
  I 
  endeavored 
  to 
  convey 
  your 
  

   felicitations 
  upon 
  the 
  pronounced 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  Association, 
  

   and 
  your 
  best 
  wishes 
  for 
  a 
  prosperous 
  future. 
  In 
  your 
  name, 
  

   I 
  extended 
  a 
  cordial 
  invitation 
  to 
  the 
  members 
  to 
  gratify 
  us 
  

   by 
  their 
  presence 
  at 
  some 
  of 
  our 
  annual 
  meetings, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  

   good 
  reason 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  this 
  invitation 
  will 
  be 
  accepted. 
  I 
  

   know 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  most 
  thoroughly 
  and 
  hospitably 
  honored 
  by 
  us. 
  

  

  