Proceedings Of The Linnean Society Of New South Wales V131 2010

Author : Linnean Society of New South Wales
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ISBN 13 : 9781331925507
Total Pages : 436 pages
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Download or read book Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Vol. 71 written by Linnean Society of New South Wales and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Vol. 71: For the Year 1946 The Seventy-first Annual General Meeting was held in the Society's Rooms, Science House, Gloucester Street, Sydney, on Wednesday, 27th March, 1946. Dr. Ida A. Brown, President, in the Chair. The minutes of the preceding Annual General Meeting (28th March, 1945) were read and confirmed. Presidential Address. Since the last Annual General Meeting of the Society a year ago we have seen the cessation of hostilities after the greatest armed conflict the world has ever witnessed. We hope that the forces which have brought war to a successful conclusion will prevail to restore law and order, and that eventually there will be established "on earth peace, goodwill toward men." Many of our members have been engaged on national service, most of them applying their specialized knowledge and training to the war effort. Some have seen active service, and all but one of these - Dr. Consett Davis, a former Linnean Macleay Fellow - have returned safely and are again taking their places in the scientific community. We welcome them back among us and wish them all success. Following the usual custom the first part of my address is devoted to a brief review of the Society's activities during the past year. Owing to a protracted strike of printing trade employees in the latter half of 1945, followed by power restrictions which extended into 1946, Parts 3-4 of Vol. Ixx of the Proceedings, which should have been printed on 15th September, 1945, were not issued until 15th February, 1946, and it will be some months before Parts 5-6 will be printed. Exchanges received from scientific societies and institutions totaled 670 for the year, compared with 749, 878 and 664 for the three preceding years. Since the cessation of hostilities a number of enquiries have been received from institutions on the foreign exchange list and in a few instances exchange relations have been resumed. It is, therefore, to be expected that the exchanges received next year will show a marked increase. During the year the following institutions have been added to the exchange list: Rothamsted Experimental Station, the All-Union Lenin Library, Moscow, and the Institute of Plant Industry, Leningrad. An interesting feature during the year has been the very marked increase in the purchase of back volumes of the proceedings by overseas libraries, especially in the United States of America. In April, 1945, a special meeting was held to confirm the alterations to the Society's rules, which were approved at a special meeting held in the preceding month, and which were designed to expedite the admission of new members and to provide for the holding of ordinary meetings at such place and time as shall be decided by the Council. In May, 1945, Mr. A. R. Woodhill was re-elected to the Council to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. W. H. Maze. Since the last Annual Meeting the names of nine new members have been added to the list, four Ordinary Members and one Honorary Member have been lost by death and three have resigned. Edmund John Allen, who died on 9th February, 1946, was born at Mackay, Queensland, on 17th July, 1868. He spent many years of his life in northern Queensland in the Construction Branch of the Queensland Railways. Throughout his life he was keenly interested in natural history, especially entomology, the study of dragon-flies being one of his chief hobbies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com