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Meeting held gth August^ iqoo. — Sir Cavendish Boyle, 
K C.M.G., President, in the Chair. 
Members present 11. 
Mr. G. H. Hawtayne, C.M.G., was defied as a Cor- 
responding member. 
The President said that it was with much regret he 
had to inform the meeting on behalt of the Dire6lors that 
circumstances had occurred which rendered it necessary 
for them to accept the resignation of the Curator of the 
Museum. He used the word " regret " because they all 
felt that the loss of the services of so eminently qualified 
a man was a serious matter. The Dire6lors would 
willingly have avoided the acceptance of the Curator's 
resignation if they could have seen their way to do so. 
Provision had been made for the performance of the 
duties by Mr. Rodway, who had a6led before in the 
absence of the Curator, and would, he was sure, render 
to the best of his ability all the services necessary in that 
capacity. Arrangements had been made to apportion 
part of the sum set apart for the salary of Curator to the 
performance of the duties during the vacancy, and they 
had also been enabled to do, what they considered right, 
viz., to allot a certain portion of the sum to the resigning 
Curator in consideration of his long services and of the 
fa6>. that he had not been absent on leave during the last 
ten years. This amount was equivalent to half-pay for 
six months if he had gone on leave. 
Hon. B. Howell Jones brought forward his motion 
" that the Government be urged to establish an experi- 
mental and breeding farm." 
Since notice of this motion was given, he said, they 
would all have seen that the Government had taken up 
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