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Council took an early opportunity of placing on record its 

 appreciation of Mr. Trebeck's services to the Society as Hon. 

 Treasurer during a period of nearly four years. Mr. J. R. 

 Garland, M.A., was elected to succeed Mr. Trebeck, and assumed 

 ottice on oth September, 1901. 



The names of the President, six Members of the Council, 

 including the President, who this year retire in accordance with 

 the Rules — namely, Professor David, Messrs. Deane, Garland, 

 Hill, Maiden and Trebeck, and of the two Auditors — Messrs. 

 Carson and Palmer, — but who are eligible for re-election, have 

 already been communicated to you by circular. 



Thirty-eight papers contributed during the year were accepted 

 for publication. These have already been published and delivered, 

 or are now in type. The 100th consecutively issued Part of the 

 Proceedings, with twenty-one plates, completing Vol. xxv., was 

 completed and distributed as far as possible on 20th May, 1901. 

 Though no effort whatever was made to make this particular Part 

 a special one, it will be conceded that its varied contents very 

 creditably signalise the Century Number of the Proceedings. In 

 addition to this Part, three Parts of the Proceedings for 1901 

 were issued before the close of the year, Part 3 being given up 

 entirely to " The Revised Census of the Marine Mollusca of 

 Tasmania," by the late Professor Tate and Mr. W. L May. 



When completed it will be found that both in regard to the 

 importance of the papers and to the illustrations, last year's 

 Volume will take a good place in the now steadily growing series 

 which the Society's publications make up. 



With the acquisition of the late Sir William Macleaj^'s legacy 

 for the endowment of Bacteriological research, the Society, as an 

 educational agency, entered upon a new phase of usefulness 

 which has already had time to begin to bear visible fruit. 

 During the three years (1899-1901) in which the Bacteriological 

 Laboratory has been in working order, three pupils have received 

 one or more courses of laboratory instruction — one in 1(S99; two 

 in 1900, one of whom came from Adelaide for the purpose; and 

 one in 1901. The three Volumes of the Society's Proceedings 



