pfnvStdent's address. 13 



and properties of samples of afternoon-milk from 109 normal 

 cows, kept in connection with a Government Institution solely 

 for the supply of tlie inmates, and not for profit. It is of interest 

 to note that about 40 per cent, of the samples contained a per- 

 centage of solids not fat below 8' 5 — the standard for the per- 

 ceentage of solids not fat in all the States of the Commonwealth, 

 and in England. Dr. Wardlaw has in contemplation the con- 

 tinuation of this important investigation, the extension and con- 

 tinuation of some ^^■ork of a similar character upon human milk 

 carried out by him in 1914, and to subject to a more detailed 

 examination certain questions suggested by his work on the 

 chemistry of respiration. 



In response to the Council's invitation for applications for 

 Fellowships, 1918-19, only three applications were received; and 

 I have now the pleasure of making the first public announcement 

 of the Council's re-appointment of Dr. J. M. Petrie, Mr. R. J. 

 Tillyard, and Dr. H. S. H, Wardlaw to Linnean Macleay Fellow- 

 ships for a period of one year from 1st proximo: and, on behalf 

 of the Society, of w ishing for them a fruitful research-period. 



The concluding Part of the forty-second volume of the Pro- 

 ceedings is nearly ready for issue. The complete volume (926pp., 

 50 Plates, and 196 text-figures) will contain thirty-three papers, 

 two of which have been divided for convenience on account of 

 their length. Six papers exceed 40pp. (43-82 pp. in length); and 

 sixteen of them were contributed by members of the Society's 

 research-staft'. 



The war's interference with our exchange-relations w^ith 

 Societies outside the Commonwealth, continues in an aggravated 

 form. We have heard from fewer Societies, and there has been 

 a marked falling off in our receipts during the year. Even 

 Societies in the United Kingdom are finding it advisable to sus- 

 pend their despatches for the present, in order to avoid the risk 

 of losses. The total number of exchanges received during the 

 Session 1916-17 amounts to 846 additions to the library, received 

 from 136 Societies oi* Institutions, ttc, and five private donors, 

 as compared with 1285 (1913-14), 1028, 1243, for the three pre- 

 ceding Sessions, The Society is much indebted to the Public 



