ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



FOE, THE YEAR, 1911. 



The Council herewith presents to Members and Associates 

 of the Society the Annual Report and Details of Receipts and 

 Expenditure for the year 1911. 



The following meetings were held: — 



March 9th. — Annual Meeting and Election of Officers. At 

 the close of the Annual Meeting an Ordinary Meeting was held. 

 Paper read : " Some Properties of Six Species of Papuan 

 Timbers," by Mr. James Mann. Mr. Mann showed specimens in 

 illustration of his paper, and Mr. A. D. Hardy showed a monoe- 

 cious example of Casuarina suberosa from Frankston. 



April 20th. — Papers read: (1) ''A List of Victorian Rotifers, 

 with descriptions of tAvo new species and of the males of two 

 species,"' by Mr. J. Shepherd ; and (2) " The Formation of Fruit 

 Bodies in Polyporus Mylittae,'" by Professor A. J. Ewart. The 

 authors showed specimens in illustration of their papers, and 

 Mr. A. D. Hardy showed Algae growing in distilled water in a 

 wash bottle. 



May 11th. — Papers read: (1) "On Bitter Pit in Apples," by 

 Dr. Jean White ; (2) " Contributions to the Flora of Australia, 

 No. 17,' by Prof. A. J. Ewart, Miss B. Rees and Miss B. Wood ; 

 (3) '' The Origin of Cuts on Bones of Australian Extinct Mar- 

 supials,'" by Prof. W. Baldwin Spencer and Mr. R. H. Walcott. 

 Specimens to illustrate the papers were shown by Profs. Ewart 

 and Spencer. 



June 8th. — Papers read : (1) '' On a New Australian Genus 

 of Phoridae Associated with Termites," by Mr. A. M. Lea ; (2) 

 " On a Limburgite Rock, Occurring as a Volcanic Plug at 

 Balwyn, near Doncaster," by Mr. F. Chapman and Mr. A. 0. 

 TTiiele. Messrs. Chapman and Tliiele showed rocks and photo- 

 graphs in illustration of their paper, and Prof. Ewart showed 

 and spoke on a eucalyptus leaf with a red hairy covering. 



