358 J. H. MAIDEN. 
Mr. Clarke had previously stated ‘“‘The members of the 
Australian Society passed over without re-election, and 
the former Secretary and Treasurer were retained’’ (Clarke 
p. 17). The Secretary was the Hon. Dr. Douglass, and the 
Treasurer was Mr. R. A. Morehead. Mr. Clarke is talking 
of the formation of the 1855 (1856) Society, which had, as. 
the first honorary secretary and treasurer the gentlemen 
who had filled those offices in the 1850 Society. 
The statement that the 1821 Society...‘ was resuscitated 
in 1850 under the name of the Australian Philosophical 
Society,’’ does not seem to be borne out by such evidence 
as I have been able to collect, and it seems to have been 
more or less connected with the fact that Dr. H.G. Douglass 
was honorary secretary of both Societies. Hverything 
turns on the meaning of the word ‘“‘resuscitated,’”’ or Mr. 
Moore’s word ‘‘re-established,’’ but it seems to me that. 
the 1821 Society, to some extent a Scientific Club, was. 
perfectly dead long before 1850. It was natural that Dr. 
Douglass should be thought of by the promoters of the new 
Society, and only he and Alexander Berry were members. 
of the 1821 Society and also of the 1850 Society. 
The relations of the 1850 to the 1856 (1855) Society. 
It is stated that the former was known by the title of 
the ‘‘Australian Philosophical Society’’ until 1856, “‘ when 
the name was changed.”’ 
IT have given the historical facts in regard to the 1850 
Society, which began with the title “‘Australian Philo- 
sophical Society’? and soon became known as the “‘Austra- 
lian Society.”’ The 1850 Society, although it became 
dormant soon after the gold discoveries, met ayain in 1855, 
handed over its funds to form the Philosophical Society of 
‘New South Wales, and its honorary treasurer, honorary 
secretary and a number of its members passed over into 
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