216. PROCEEDINGS. 
The following letter was read from pty Ferdinand von 
Mueller, K.C.M.G., M.D., Ph. D., F.R.S., 
iene ta Melbourne, Christmas 
tis to me a source of infinite delight that et Council of ie Royal 
ig New South Wales in so generous a spirit has bestowed on me the 
i or 1883, a dis 
of rations, is sure to contain a long series of illustrious nam with 
jor a thos ose of ie om Hos tesa = om Rosier w vill be brought historically 
into a within t of s 
For myself, I canes the Clarke "Medal all the more, as for more than a 
one uf a con ntury I kad the privilege o with its 
renowned Vice-president, who, while he left an gon vat ame aby his ny 
a eget apr ce a in this ais of the globe, was ever eager 
f younger the field ot 
oOo 
jaw tied io 
The features of the reverend and oe sage on Me medal call vividly 
to my mind the several moments when I met him in life, and render this 
medal a special souvenir. May I trust that the Spesmaiat y arise | 
show in some tangible manner m tefulness to the learned Society which 
honoured me so highly in cma ange to others who had higher claims on this 
treasurable and lasting di 
- me remain, honoured Sir, 
Re gardiully yours, 
FERD 
VON MUELLER. 
To go rmentel Archibald Liversidge, F.R.S., F.C.§ 
Honorary Secretary of the Royal Society of N. S. Wales. 
aati! Spretipher Rolleston, C.M.G., President, then read his 
In moving a vote of thanks to the retiring President, Mr. 
Philip G. King made the following TENTS Th respecting Mr. 
Darwin :— 
It may be deemed r pion in one who was the young friend and assocl- 
ate oft the celebrated m mn whose life, ae psi: and theqriee 
our President has this eek A de‘ivered so ab — 3 I per 
crave the attention of the Soar for a few momen say Thav ne 
oung man the ines of aonig the hoe avy und 5 
itzroy, whose portrait and autograph are before you ; and whilst so serv ng 
I was the cabin mate of the great man who has recently ed away, aD 
of w memory I cherish the very highest regard. When 
honour of knowing Mr. Darwin we were both young men, though he was ™Y 
senior by several y ane and I cannot call to mind that any of those age 
‘which subsequently were pers him had any existence in his mim 
ahead by than such _ he might have inherited from his ndfather, the 
grea Darwin, whose pro hee in allusion to the future greatnes 
of this country is familiar of an seat 
* Where Sydney abe bie —_ bap swells, 
= Courts her young navies, and the storm repels,” &c. 
ow am ly his Sy apor aie ve been fulfilled it hardl necessary 1? 
to the city we live de to the sai entific ass Snblage here to-night. Tf 
is any one here $o-iioht who has had the ig pectin of early association with i 
