PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



LINNEAN SOCIETY 



OF 



NIi:^\^ SOUTH W^ALES. 



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27th, 1918. 



The Forty-third Annual General Meeting, and the Ordinary 

 Monthl}^ Meeting, were held in the Linnean Hall, Tthaca Road, 

 Elizabeth Bay, on Wednesday evening, March 27th, 1918. 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



Pi-ofessor H. G. Chapman, M.D., R.8., Pi-esident, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the preceding Animal General Meeting (March 

 28th, 1917) were read and confirmed. 



The President delivered the Arnuial Address. 



PRESIDENTL\L ADDRESS. 

 Ladies and Gentlemen, 



This is the forty-third occasion on which the President lias 

 delivered an annual address to the Members of the Society. The 

 progress of this Linnean Society, aiming at advancing the study 

 of Natural Science in this newly-popidated continent, is also 

 shown by your election of a graduate of an Australian University 

 to the presidential chair. Such a selection bears witness to the 

 increasing influence and preponderating numbers of the scientists 

 trained in Australia in the personnel of the membership. This 

 is the first occasion on which such an honour lias been conferred 

 on a student of our Universities by the naturalists of our Society, 

 I appreciate the honour that you have done me. I think, how- 

 ever, that I should be ungrateful if I did not render some tribute 

 to those who have given me of the best of their intellect and 

 of their assistance. I feel that T owe my educational develop. 



