348 J. H. MAIDEN. 
From 1859 to 1868 the meetings were regularly held in 
the Australian Library, with the exception of one ake Te, 
in 1864 held in the Chamber of Commerce. 
The meetings from 1869 till 1875 (when the Society had 
its own House) were held in the Chamber of Commerce, 
with one exception, the meeting of May 1874 being held in 
the Masonic Hall, York Street. In other words, the meet- 
ings were almost entirely held in the Australian Library 
and the Chamber of Commerce. 
The entries in the Council Meetings under the dates 28th 
April and 13th May, 1875, and 22nd May, 1876, referring 
to the acquisition of the present premises, in order that 
the Society might have a house of its own, will be read with 
great interest. The Council met in its own house (as © 
tenants) in Elizabeth Street for the first time on 12th May 
1875, while the first meeting of the Society (the Anniversary 
Meeting of the year) was held on the same date in the 
same place. 
We owe the acquisition of this House to the Council of 
the day, and especially to the then two honorary secretaries 
Professor Liversidge and Dr. Leibius, but the principal 
driving power was that of Professor Liversidge, who worked 
whole-heartedly for the advancement of the Society from 
the very day he became a member of it. I knew well the 
late Dr. Leibius, who was a most loveable character, and 
he often used to recount to me incidents of those early 
days. He often said to me “We never got a move on till 
Liversidge came.’’ Professor Smith refers (p. 12 of his 
address) most cordially to the work of these gentlemen. 
Perhaps this is not an inappropriate place to say that 
three men stand out, above all others, amongst many whose 
memory should long be cherished by us as having performed 
exceptional services to our Society. 
