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Resolved, that Captain Crawford's Letter be acknowledged with 

 the thanks of the Society, and that the Observations be transferred 

 to the Sub- Committee on Papers for publication in the Journal. 



Photographic Society. 



At a Meeting of the Photographic Society, held at the School 

 of Arts on the 7th April 1859. 



Present. 



Col. Hamilton, in the Chair. Lieut. Mitchell. 

 Col. McCally, Lieut. Cole. 



W. E. Underwood, Esq. Dr. Scott. 



Arrangements were made for the approaching Exhibition which 

 opens on the first Thursday of next month. The Council take the 

 present opportunity of reminding up-country Members and other 

 Photographers of this, and hope the contributions to the Exhibi- 

 tion may be both numerous and liberal. They ought to reach the 

 Honorary Secretary before the end of the present month, and if 

 possible, should be mounted on Card board. 



It was also decided that the prints for distribution to Members 

 for the yeir 1858-59, should comprise two negatives kindly placed 

 at the disposal of the Society by Captain Tripe, and as it was 

 thought desirable to issue to Members one good European photo- 

 graph to show the progress of the Art at home, it was decided that 

 steps be taken by the Council to secure for this purpose the beau- 

 tiful copy by Bingham of Airy ShefFer's famous picture of Faust 

 and Margueritte. As this however will entail a considerable out- 

 lay, the Council will not be able to give off more than four pictures 

 for this year viz., the three above mentioned, and as they hope to 

 receive a negative of the late Chief Justice Sir C. Rawlinson who 

 has kindly promised to sit for one in London, the portrait of that 

 gentleman will be the fourth. 



