The next business was the nomination of new members, when the following gentlemen were elected : — Bishop Nevill, Rev Dr Stuart. Messrs J. C. Thomson, W. Thomson, R. Park, E. Inder. A. Barron, E. Johnson, E. Jennings, Hannah, White, M. Donnelly, H. Clapcott, M. Hislop, T. Mackenzie, K. Campbell, C. White, C. Muston, J. C. Hodges, J. Jolly, jun., and W. B. Harlow. Captain Hutton was also unanimously elected an honorary member. It was agresd that the rules, report, fee, be printed for circulation among the mem bers.
The following office-bearers were then elected for the ensuing season — 1873-74 :—: — President : Mr Arthur Beverly ; Secretary and Treasurer : Mr P. Thomson ; Commit tee : Dr Black, Messrs G. M. Thomson, A. C. Purdie, Alex. Bathgate, E. Jennings, and J. C. Hodges. The next excursion was fixed for Saturday, the 13th, to Nichol's Creek, Leith Valley, aad the meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.
The members then busied themselves in examining a fine collection of ferns, mosses, grasses, and flowering plants, made during the year by one of the members, which elicited general praise for the care taken in displaying the various specimens, some of which are very rare — the collection being well calculated to excite a spirit of emulation among the other members. Several of those present then adjourned to examine the young whale [Pliysalis australls) now being exhi bited on the reclaimed land, and one of the members has furnished us with the "Notes" up»n it which we publish to-day.
