300 PROCEEDINGS. 
The following letters from Mr. Darwin and Professor Owen 
were read :— 
Down, Beckenham, Kent. 
“ Railway § Station, », Canes S.E.R., 
ear S r, 
I be ui to soniye ae the receipt oly t your Poe letter of 
August 7, ic nnounce to me that the Royal Society of New 
South Wates ns eierecred on me the i nour at Tinceie me one of their 
honorary members. I request that you will be so good as to express to the 
Council my plcwiidanente an and thanks for ‘this petite 
I remain, dear 
Yours faithfall and obli 
wipe 
To A. Liversidge, Esq., Hon. Sec. Royal Society. 
My dear Sir, London, British Museum, 27 October, 1879. 
I have been favoured by your obliging letter of August 7th, Rs 
conveying to me ph ets ying terms my election as honorary member 
the Royal Socie ky of New South Wales. This mark of the sense of fs 
— meeting of the sapere of the value of my —— labours I receive 
as an ample reward ; the m tome as coming from the Colony 
from which I have na en pres of the most teria subjects ane 
bours. I return my most grateful and respectfal acknowledgments 
Believe me, faithfully yours, 
rm RICHARD OWEN. 
Professor Liversidge, F.L.S., G.S., &c., Hon. Sec. 
Upon the recommendation of the Council, Sir Joseph Dal 
Hooker, M.D., K.C.S.1., C.B., F.R.8., &c., Director of the fer 
Gardens, Kew, was unanimously elected an hon onorary me: 
the Societ: Ret 
The names of the Se of the different Sections of 
the octets 'y were announced, viz. 
Microscopy. Page ry Dr. Mo rris. Secretary: P. Pedley. 
: H. G. A. Wright, M.R.C.S. ; G. D. Hirst; 
W. Waste: and F. B. Kyngdon. 
Literature and Fine Arts.—Chairman re ieee Ck 
mi : es 
Secretary: Percy E. W om and T 
illiams. 
Fen C.E.; L. W. Hart; A. L Jackson ; 
Jon 
Medical. — Chama: Alfred Roberts, M.R.C.S. Sooo 
rs. Sydney Jones and H. N. M‘Laurin, Ur GA. 
mittee: Drs. Cox, Schuette, Fortescue, and 
Wright, M.R.O.S. 7 
Mr. Cartes Moore, F.LS., V.-P., then read his address. ie 
WEDNESDAY, 2 JUNE, 1880. 
Hon. J. Surrn, C.M.G., V.-P., in the Chair. 
There were about fifty members present. 
The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confi 
