ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



FOR THE YEAR 1897. 



The Council of the Royal Society herewith presents to the 

 Members of the Society the Annual Report and Balance Sheet 

 for the Year 1897. 



The following Meetings were held, and Papers read during the 

 Session : — 



March II. — 1. "The Burbung of the Darkinung Tribes," by 

 R. H. Mathews (communicated by Professor Baldwin Spencer, 

 M.A.) 2. "Contributions to the Palaeontology of the Upper 

 Silurian Rocks of Victoria, based on specimens in the collection 

 of Mr. George Sweet " (Part I.), by AV. S. Dun. 



April 8. — 1. "Three months' Prehistoric-Man Hunting in 

 Africa," by H. W. Seton-Karr (communicated by the Hon. 

 Secretary). 2. "An Account of the Engwurra or Fire Cere- 

 mony of certain Central Australian Tribes," by Professor Baldwin 

 Spencer, M.A., and F. J. Gillen (illustrated by limelight views 

 from photographs taken by the authors). 



May 13. — 1. "On the Occurrence of the Lower Silurian 

 (Ordovician) Graptolites at Matlock, and a note on Dictyoneina 

 juagillivrayi {nova, niut.)," by T. S. Hall, M.A. 2. "A Note on 

 Wave Action in Bass Strait," by T. W. Fowler, M.C.E. 3. "A 

 Note on the Construction of Sextants," by T. W. Fowler, M.C.E. 

 4. "The Wandarral of the Richmond and Clarence River Tribes," 

 by R, H. Mathews. 



June 10. — 1. "The Geology of the Lower Moorabool," bv 

 T. S. Hall, M.A., and G. B. Pritchard. 2. "The Geology of 

 Coimaidai," Part I.: " The Coimaidai Limestone and Associated 

 Deposits," by G. Officer, B.Sc, and E. G. Hogg, M.A. 3. " Xote 

 on a Tooth of Palorchestes from Beaumaris," by T. S. Hall, 

 M.A., and G. B. Pritchard. -1. "The Spectra of the Alkalies 

 and their Atomic Weights," by L. Rummel. 



