president's address. 1309 



He was a most genial companion and a sympathetic friend. 

 There was a certain vein of sadness in his manner. The deep 

 lines of care that furrowed and seamed his face were noticeable 

 to many who knew nothing of his inner life. Even though in 

 latter years tedious work was for him a stern necessity, he never 

 lost that genial affability that charmed his friends. A glance 

 through his correspondence shows that he had to bear trials that 

 well-nigh embittered many years of his life. His sensitive nature 

 never rallied from the hardships that induced him to leave 

 Adelaide. He was forced to learn, too, that after doing his all, 

 in giving the best years of his life to the service of Religion, he 

 had to face actual need, or appeal to the charity of his friends. 

 While his name was spoken of with honour and his work pointed 

 to with pride by his co-religionists, he was himself on the very 

 verge of want." Again, "shortly before his death he was given 

 to understand that he should comply with an exceptionally exact- 

 ing Church regulation — * It is very hard, very hard,' I heard him 

 say, 'but I hope to practise a little of what I have been 

 teaching.' " — Requiescit in imce. 



I have drawn up a list of the Learned Societies, Institutions, 

 Government De)>artments and Journals with which this Society 

 is in correspondence, and to all of which our Proceedings are 

 regularly forwarded. 



The consequent Exchanges and Donations which we have 

 received during the year are entered in each case. But for the 

 sake of simplicity the words Volume, Tome, Band and the like 

 are omitted before the Roman numerals, and the words Part, 

 Number, Heft, Fasciculus, ifec, are in like manner left out before 

 the Arabic numerals. 



Australia. 

 Sydney — Australian Museum. 



Mem. 2nd. — Rept. Lord Howe Island. 



Trustees' Rept. (1888). 



Lendenfeld, Monograph on Horny Sponges. 



