From Archibald Liversidge   7 August 1879

Dear Sir,

I have the pleasure to inform you that at a General Meeting of the Royal Society of New South Wales, held on the 6^th. inst, it was unanimously resolved, on the motion of the Council, that you be elected an Honorary Member of this Society, as a slight acknowledgement of your very distinguished labours in the cause of Science, and more particularly in recognition of your most valuable contributions to the Natural History of Australia.

By this same mail I beg to forward to you a copy of the last volume of the Society’s Journal.¹

Trusting that you will be pleased to accept the Honorary Membership of this Society, with profound respect | I am, | My Dear Sir, | Yours truly | Arch.^d Liversidge. | Hon. Sec^y2

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Fundamental Rule N^o. 7. | Honorary Members.

The Honorary Members of the Society shall be persons who have been eminent benefactors to this or some other of the Australian Colonies, or distinguished patrons and promoters of the objects of the Society.

Every person proposed as an Honorary Member must be recommended by the Council and elected by the Society. Honorary Members shall be exempted from payment of fees and contributions; they may attend the meetings of the Society, and they shall be furnished with copies of Transactions and Proceedings published by the Society, but they shall have no right to hold office, or vote, or otherwise interfere in the business of the Society.