Report of the Meetings of the Society. 
Meeting held on 12th January. — Mr. G. H. Hawtayne, 
C.M.G., Vice-President, in the chair. 
There were 15 members present. 
Elections. — Associates : Allen Bravo Allt, Benj. H. 
Whittaker, Edward Badley, and Chas. Jos. Godfrey. 
The Secretary read a letter from Mr. W. Russell, 
referring to Mr. Minty's experiments in Rice cultivation. 
The Secretary referring to the Circular from the 
London Chamber of Commerce, said that there was now 
a Bill before the Legislature relating to Fraudulent 
Trade Marks. 
The Chairman mentioned that Mr. Rodway had been 
engaged as Librarian and Assistant Secretary. The Rev. 
J. Foreman remarked that he understood that the selec- 
tion was to have been submitted to the present Meeting, 
to which the Chairman replied that as the appointment 
was altered from Secretary to Assistant Secretary, no 
change in the Bye-Laws was necessary. 
The Treasurer submitted the Annual Statement of the 
Accounts of the Society which had been duly audited 
by Messrs. D. C. Cameron and M. Garnett, and also an 
analysis of the same, showing the Financial position 
of the Society. He then proceeded to call attention to 
the large amount due to the Society from Members who 
did not pay their Subscriptions, and to the necessity of 
enforcing the Rules that Members who were in arrears 
should have their names struck off. During the last 
year, 63 names of members and associates had been 
struck off the Roll for non-payment ot their Subscrip- 
