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During the course of the year, tlie Council acceded to the 

 ie(][uest of certain members and instituted Sectiori E, to deal 

 with Anthropological questions, and Mr. A. W. Howitt was 

 appointed Chairman. 



Your Council may fairly congratulate the Society upon a 

 .successful year, during which good woi-k has been done. 

 JSIaturally, the larger number of oiiginal contributions to 

 science have dealt with the subjects of Zoology, Botany and 

 Geolog}^ — subjects which are of especial importance in a 

 country in which endless opportunities for original research 

 are ofiered to workers in these particular branches of science. 

 It may also be added, that the Society is offering every 

 facilit}^ in its power to assist such workers in the publication 

 of theii' results. During the year, the second part of the 

 volume of "Transactions" has been published, together with 

 the usual volume of " Proceedings," the increased annual 

 grant from the Government enabling the Society to extend 

 the scope of its publications, and in a manner which there 

 is reason to say is not only received with favour in the 

 Australasian Colonies, but also in the mother country. 



