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papers read at the Meetings, that the Popular Le6lures 
would be continued, and that a good record would be 
shown during the present year. 
Mr. Garnett thanked the Members for electing him to 
the office of Honorary Secretary, which he promised to 
do his best to fill satisfactorily. 
The Treasurer laid over his Financial Statement (next 
page) and List of Members for 1891. There was a 
balance in hand which he thought should be used to 
provide more accommodation for the Museum. The 
Curator had been wanting a work-room for a long time 
and had been much hampered on this account. He (Mr. 
Conyers) also stated that the Government grant in aid 
of the Museum was barely sufficient to keep up the 
collection, and he thought it high time the amount was 
increased. 
The Financial Statement having been adopted, Mr. 
Winter proposed and Mr. Hawtayne seconded that the 
sum of $1,500 be spent on the Museum as suggested by 
Mr. Conyers, which was carried. 
Mr. Blair then proposed and Mr. Hawtayne seconded; 
that the Society apply to Government for an increase of 
the annual grant for the Museum from $4,500 to $6,000 
which was also carried. 
The Secretary read a letter from the Committee of 
Correspondence, informing the meeting that Mr. G. H. 
Hawtayne, C.M.G., and Mr. John Duke Smith, had been 
elected Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 1892. The Com- 
mittee recommended thatsomethingshould be done for the 
Museum and forwarded the Curator's report (annexed). A 
copy of this report was ordered to be forwarded to the Go- 
vernment with the application for an increase of the grant* 
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