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130 PROCEEDINGS. 
The following letters were read :— 
Mr. H. C. Russell to Professor Liversidge. 
My dear Sir, Sydney wera 7 July, 1879. 
It will be within the recollevti tion of the members 
of the Council of the e Royal Society ‘that I ea walcicteaitl tly, and in _ | 
be — sales ne aay he office, consented to be nominated as Hon 
_ Nevertheless lg ete Society elected me, I was not insensible of the 
honor n conferred upon me, and consented to act, because I 
— ‘chough that all the members wished me to do so; and that by a is 
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duties must be performed at se frequent sacrifice of personal convenience. 
Since then we have had several discussions upon the bye-laws, and pao 
these some of the members en made remarks about the Council tha 
msure. 
Persona. ave soe noe as I believe every other member 
of the old re, uncil has done, to carry out the rules and bye-laws, ti and 
sen Syed the good of the yore and I am not conscious as Bar ade t as a 
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the Council, on I very much question the expediency of doing o, in the 
tone recently lapted b by some of the younger members of the lovamire and 
wl Sotto =e annot consent to hold an honorary office subject to such 
my beg therefore that _ bass eed be taken as the resi tion of my 
position as Honorary Tre rand e of the Counci 
eit eserve peer my sate as one of the trustees of the Society’s 
use. 
Believe me yours faithfully, 
: HC. RUSSELL. 
Professor Liversidge to H. C. a Esq., B.A., Government Astronomer. 
My dear Sir, Society’s House, Sydney, 31 J uly, 1879. 
Your. letter of the iar comes in which you rei ral the eee 
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ouncil received your intimation with extreme regret, and are pe 
concerned that you should have had reason to withdraw from the man: ; 
of the Society, especially as it so mist ot Ale pre 
prospe: u ess of the Society is due to the const 
exertions w you, one of the oldest members of the Co , have ever 
e promote the ob and inte of the Society; and I ‘ca 
ed to beg that you dly reconsider the matter, ane ©) 
should you find it impossible to act as = hat you 
your seat on the Coun 
j With the cae respect, 
Iam, my dear Sir, 
Yours truly, 
Mr. H. C. Russell to Professor Liversidge. ee: 
My dear Sir, Sydney te gto 5 peice ag : 
Your letter of July 3lst, in which you kindly os 
the wish of the Council that I should retain a seat at the Council Board, J 
duly received. 
