20 J. H. MAIDEN. 



The honorary secretaries have a good deal of detail work 

 to do for the Society, and perhaps members with a little 

 more leisure than they, and who wish to do real service 

 to the Society, might consider the desirability of actively 

 helping in this special work of getting the portraits together. 



While I am in an historical vein, let me express the regret 

 I feel that we did not emphasise our jubilee in 1906. A 

 mere celebration would have been of little account had 

 there been no permanent printed memorial of our history 

 to date. I have accumulated a large quantity of material 

 in regard to the history of that 50 years, which pressure 

 of other duties prevented me offering to the Society. I 

 will take care of these notes, perhaps add to them, and it 

 may be that a successor of mine may find them useful irL> 

 giving an account of the centenary of the Society. 



III. Local Societies and Scientific Gatherings. 



1. The Melbourne Meeting of the Australasian Associ- 

 ation for the Advancement of Science. — This has been 

 fixed for January 1913. The list of office-bearers is not yet 

 printed, but I have seen it, and it shows a very strong 

 team. We were glad to see many of our Victorian friends 

 at the Sydney meeting of January 1911, and the best com- 

 pliment we can pay them will be to accept their invitation 

 and be present at their meeting in great strength. The 

 meeting will afford the most appropriate opportunity for 

 discussing formally and informally, arrangements for 

 welcoming our British brethren, when they honour us by 

 visiting our shores during the following year. Sydney 

 being an important Australian scientific centre, it is desir- 

 able that New South Wales men should take an active 

 interest in this particular meeting for the advancement o 

 science. 



2. The forthcoming Australasian Meeting of the British 

 Association. — This will take place in August 1914, 



