ADDRESS. 
Mr. Moule, it was unanimously decided to recommend 
that the Silver Medal of the Society be awarded by 
the Council to Dr. Black for his services, at their next 
meeting. 
The election of Office-Bear ers for the ensuing year 
was then proceeded with by Ballot, with the following 
result : — 
Presiden t — FREDERIC R. GODFREY, Esq. 
Vice-Presidents — SAM. WILSON and A. PURCHAS, Esqs. 
Son. Treasurer— De. JOSEPH BLACK. 
After the gentlemen elected had thanked the meeting 
for the honor conferred upon them, it closed, with a 
vote of thanks to the Chairman. 
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ADDRESS TO THE LATE PRESIDENT. 
On the 21st April, at a meeting of the Council of the 
Society, the following address, which had previously 
been unanimously voted to the late President, Dr. 
Thomas Black, was presented to that gentleman by the 
President, F. R. Godfrey, Esq. 
" To Thomas Black, Esq., M.D. 
" Dear Sir, 
" The Council of the Zoological and Acclimatisation 
Society of Victoria, desire on the occasion of your retiring from 
the office of President of the Society, which you have held for 
eight years, to express to you their sense of the very valuable 
services you have rendered, the many years you have devoted, 
and the untiring energy you have displayed in the cause of 
acclimatisation. 
