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commissioned him to convey fraternal greetings to the Australasian 

 Association. To crown all the weather was favourable, by no means 

 too warm, and characterised by the absence of the hot winds which had 

 been so prevalent throughout the earlier part of the summer. The 

 Canterbury College Board of Governors had placed the College, the 

 Boys' High School and the School of Art at the disposal of the local 

 committee. All the various section rooms were therefore in such close 

 and convenient proximity, that members could step out of one and into 

 another, without that waste of time and energy which seemed to harass 

 visitors so much at the Melbourne meeting. The credit for carrying 

 the meeting to such a successful issue is mainly due to the local 

 secretary, Professor Hutton, who appears to have spared no trouble to 

 bring things into complete order. Everything went like clockwork 

 from start to finish. 



On the opening day the first meeting was that of the General 

 Committee, under the chairmanship of Baron F. von Mueller, the 

 retiring President. A very enthusiastic vote of thanks was passed to 

 Professor Hutton for his services as local secretary, and to Professor 

 Liversidge as general secretary. 



The following were appointed office-bearers for the 1892 meeting: — 

 President, Sir R. Hamilton (Governor of Tasmania and President of the 

 Royal Society of Tasmania) ; General Secretary, Mr. Alex Morton ; 

 General Treasurer, Mr. H C. Russsell, C.M.G., F.RS. (Sydney); 

 Local Secretaries, Professor Baldwin Spencer (Victoria), F. Wright 

 (South Australia), J. Shirley (Queensland), Profess~>r Parker, F.R.S., 

 Otago University (New Zealand). 



It was resolved to hold the fifth meeting in Adelaide, the date of 

 it to be fixed at the Hobart meeting. The report of the Committee 

 appointed to draft a revised code of laws for the Association was 

 brought up, and the proposals for amendment were distributed amongst 

 the members of the Committee for consideration. 



In the afternoon Sir James and Lady Hector received the members 

 of the Association and their friends in the grounds of Christ's College. 



In the evening the annual public meeting of the Association was 

 held in the Provincial Council Chamber, an elegant and suitable room, 

 which was crowded in every part. The chair was occupied by the 

 retiring President, Baron von Mueller. He was supported on his 

 right by his Excellenc} 7 the Governor, and on his left by Sir James 

 Hector, the President-elect. 



Baron von Mueller having introduced his successor to the meeting, 

 vacated the chair, which was then taken by Sir James Hector. 



His Excellency the Governor then said : — Sir James Hector, 

 ladies and gentlemen, before proceeding to any further business this 

 evening I am going to ask your permission to say a few words of 

 welcome to those who are strangers in our midst. Upon the occasion 

 of their visiting New Zealand I think nothing strikes the English 

 visitor to the colonies more than the constant recurrence of institutions 

 similar to those which he has left behind him in England. He finds 

 that the colonies have grafted on to their social system those institutions 

 which the experience of nine centuries has enabled England to bring to 

 their present perfection. At the same time you have carefully striven 



