MEETINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, 

 1893. 



ANNUAL MEETING, 



Thursday, %th March. 



The President (Professor Kernot) in the chair. 



On the motion of Mr. Rusden, seconded by Mr. Hogg, the 

 following Annual Report and Balance Sheet were taken as read 

 and adopted : — - 



AxxuAL Report of the Council for the Year 1892. 



The Council of the Royal Society herewith presents to the 

 Members of the Royal Society the Annual Report and Balance 

 Sheet for the year 1892. 



The following Meetings were held, and Papers read during the 

 Session : 



March 5. — "Preliminary notice of Victorian Earth-worms. 

 Part II. The Genus Perichseta," by Professor W. Baldwin 

 Spencer, M.A^ 



May 12. — "On Confocal Quadrics of Moments of Inertia, 

 pertaining to all Plaiies in Space ; and Loci and Envelopes of 

 Straight Lines whose Moments of Inertia are of constant magni- 

 tude," by Martin Gardiner, C.E. "Further Notes on the 

 Oviparity of the larger Victorian Peripatus, generally known as 

 F. lejickartii" by Arthur Dendy, D.Sc. " The Responsibility 

 of Criminals," by Alex. Sutherland, M.A. 



June 9. — " On the Nest and Eggs of the Victoria Rifle Bird 

 (Ptilorhis victorise)," by D. Le Souef. "The Blood Vessels 

 of Ceratodus forsteri," by Professor W. Baldwin Spencer. 

 Adjourned discussion on " The Responsibility of Criminals," 

 Colonel J. R. Y. Goldstein. 



July 14. — " Notes on the Lilydale Limestone," by Rev.. A. W. 

 Cresswell. "Preliminary Note on the Glacial Deposits of 

 Bacchus Marsh," by C. G. W. Officer, B.Sc, and L. J. Balfour. 

 The Report of the Cremation Committee brought up by the 

 Honorary Secretary, and exhibition by F. Chamberlain, Esq., of a 



