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Professor LiversinGx, in rising to acknowledge the apie: - 
just tendered him, said that as he had occupied so much of the 
time already he would not detain them with along reply. He ex- 
pressed his sense of the gratifying terms in which the vote of 
thanks had been proposed, and “erg for the impressive way 
in which it had been d by the meetin the 
honorary secretaries he would be happy to continue to do his 
se to promote the interests 5 the Societ 
r, C. RoLLEsTon, on taking the presidential chair, said—T 
ions doit I would have felt Bethel pleased if the choice of the 
Society had fallen upon some one better able than I am to dis- 
charge the duties of the high position to which you have elected 
me to: night. I will endeavour, to the best of my ability, to do 
ha : : 
The chaatiig was then adjourned till the first Wednesday in 
une. 
About forty members were present. 
WEDNESDAY, 2 JUNE, 1886. 
C. Rotieston, C.M.G., President, in the Chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed 
The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary RE of 
the Society :— 
David, T. W. Edgeworth, B.A., F.G.S. 
Quaife, William Francis, Bits, "MB, Ch.M. 
The certificates of seven new candidates were read for the 
second time, and of four for the first time. 
One hundred and thirteen donations of books, periodicals, «&e., 
were laid upon the table. 
Mr. Charles Moore, F.L.S., in the absence of the author, read 
ae explained that the specimen was brought from New Guinea 
“Nelson,” and forwarded with other plants to Baron 
von Mueller for classification. The er was a report on the 
same by Baron von Mueller, who, in forwarding this description, 
had begged that it might be brought before the Royal Society, 
and published with its proceedings. One species of the Ardisia 
was found in M r and the Molucca Islands, another in 
New South Wales and 5 ser armel while a third (the specimen 
under notice) w in New Guin This last was a solitary 
instance of the plant being found so aries north. He believed that 
at one time the continent ustralia and New Guinea were 
Tt was not at all likely that gum seeds would be carried 
