16 president's address. 



abroad. We have also had favourable news of Lieutenant Gold- 

 finch. Other Members are still absent, but we have had no 

 direct news of any of them. iSTow that demobilisation is being 

 carried out as fast as circumstances permit, and with an early 

 prospect of the signing of peace, we may hope to see the 

 absentees before our next Annual gathering. 



The last Part of the Proceedings for 1918, completing a volume 

 of 931 pp., illustrated with 93 Plates and 112 Text-figures, is 

 now ready for issue. The year's volume contains thirty-eight 

 papers, covering a wide range of subjects. Sixteen of these have 

 been contributed by the Society's research -staff. 



Our exchange-relations with Institutions and Societies outside 

 the Commonwealth have been seriously hampered during the 

 year, in consequence of war-conditions. To some extent, this 

 has been due to the falling-off in our receipts from the United 

 State's. War-risks and a lack of ships have curtailed the 

 benevolent services usually so efficiently rendered by the Bureau 

 of International Exchanges at Washington, in receiving and dis- 

 tributing the publications of Scientific Institutions and Societies. 

 The Bureau, however, has forwarded by post some of the accu- 

 mulated parcels. 



The receipts for the Session 1917-18 amount to only 687 

 additions to the library, received from 133 Institutions, Societies, 

 Arc, and six private donors, as compared with 846, 1243, 1028, 

 and 1285(1913-14) for the four immediately preceding Sessions. 

 It will take some time and involve some correspondence to bring 

 our exchange-relations up to date again, since, in some cases, 

 there have been losses on both sides, due to the sinking of mail- 

 steamers. Efforts will be made to re-establish this important 

 section of the Society's activities as facilities for sending by mail 

 increase. 



Four Ordinary Members were elected during the year, one 

 resignation was received, and we have lost, by death, three 

 Ordinary Members, two of whom were among the Society's oldest 

 Members. 



Henry Houghton Burton Bradley, who died on 23rd Novenj- 



