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“ During the oe the Society held eight a including one 
special meeting, at which twelve papers were read. e Micro- 
seopical Section held eight meetings, and the 1 Medical Séctioa five. 
very successful conversazione was held in the Great Hall of 
the University on the 8th October last, which was attended 
by about 900 members and their friends. 
* At the Council meeting held on the 11th December, 1884, it 
was unanimously resolved to award the Clarke Medal for the year 
1885 to Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, K.C.8.1., 0.B., M.D., D.C.L 
LL.D., &e. 
“In response to the offer of prizes and its medal, by the Society, 
for communications containing the results of original research or 
observation upon given subjects, the following were received :— 
On the origin and mode of occurrence of Gold- -bearing Veins, 
and of the associated et = papers ; on the Influence of 
the Australian Climate in produci g Modifications of Diseases, 
nil ; on the Infusoria gonilies to ees alia, one er; on the 
Water Supply in the interior of New South Wales, ae papers. 
“The Council, at its meeting on the 26th November, 1884, 
awarded the prize of £25 and the Society’s medal, which had been 
offered for the best communication on the ‘ Water Su ply of the 
to Mr. W. 
Wingen. The papers upon the other subjects were considered of 
insufficient merit ; the Council accordingly was unable to award the 
out prizes. 
“The Council has since issued the following list of subjects, 
with the offer of the Society’s SS medal and a prize of £25 for 
each of the best researches, i sufficient merit > ecien — 
To be sent in not later than May 1, 1885: No. 13. Anatomy and 
Life History of the Echidna and Platypus ; the Society’s medal 
and £25. No. 14. Anatomy and Life History of Mollusca 
peculiar to Australia; the Society’s medal and A 
The Chemical Composition of the Products from the so-called 
Kerosene eae of New South Wales ; the Society’s medal and 
£25. Series V.—To be sent in not later than May 1, suit 
Jackson, with descriptive notes as to habits, distribution, &c. ; the © 
Society’s medal and £25. Series VI. —To be sent in not jater 
than ay 3, 1887 : No. 20. On the Silver Ore Deposits of New 
£25, No. 21. oe 
