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be advisable to allow the papers to be laid upon the table for a fortnight before the Meetings at which they were to be read. After some discussion on the subject, he moved that the matter be referred to the Council for decision. This motion was seconded by Mr. Pitman, but on being put to the meeting, was lost. Mr. Brunton suggested that the papers should be read by the author at one meeting and discussed at the following meeting. This would meet all views which had been expressed and was very often done at home. At length, the following Resolution, moved by the Rev. Mr. Syle and seconded by Sir H. S. Parkes was carried. “That when practicable the papers about to be read shall lie on the table in the Society’s Library for the perusal of Members.”
Mr. Von Brandt then favoured the Meeting with an interesting description of the custom of tattooing as practised in this country; and a short discussion of the subject followed in which Sir H. S. Parkes, Captain McDonald and Captain Bridgford joined.
The Meeting adjourned at about a quarter past ten.
