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RpzpoiiT AND Balance Sheet. 



The Report and Balance Sheet were read and adopted on 

 the motion of Mr. Lloyd Marks, seconded by Mr. Newton 

 Jennings. 



The President in putting the motion, said he thought 

 they had reason to be thankful for the record of work during 

 the past year. It would be noticed that the Papers 

 concerned with Biological subjects of interest in Australia, 

 were very numerous, and the Society was doing good work 

 in that direction. This was due to a great extent to the 

 efforts of such gentlemen as Professor Spencer, Mr. McAlpine, 

 and Mr. Dendy. 



As this concluded the business, the meeting then resolved 

 itself into an Ordinary Meeting. 



Annual Report. 



The Council of the Royal Society of Victoria herewith 

 presents to the Members of the Society the usual Annual 

 Report for the year 1889. The following were the papers 

 read during the Session : — 



On the 14tli March, Ordinary Meeting, held after the 

 Annual General Meeting, R. L. J. Ellery, F.R.S., read a 

 brief address on " Recent Progress in Astronomy ;" G. S. 

 Griffiths another on "Late Advances in Geology;" Dr. 

 Jamieson a third on " Hygiene," and Professor Masson one 

 on " Chemistry." 



On the 21st March, the President gave an account of the 

 most notable recent Engineering Works ; Dr. Neild read a 

 paper on Literature and Art, suggesting the formation of 

 Section G ; A. H. S. Lucas, reported progress for the Port 

 Phillip Biological Survey Committee. 



On the 11th April, A. H. S. Lucas presented the following 

 papers from the Port Phillip Biological Survey Committee: — 

 (1) "On a New Species of Bicellaria," by J. Bracebridge 

 Wilson, M.A. ; (2) " On Some New Species of Marine 

 Mollusca, by the same ; (3) " The Crinoids obtained in 

 the^ Port Phillip Biological Survey," by Dr. Carpenter ; 

 (4) /' Systematic Census of Lidigenous Fish hitlierto des- 

 cribed from Victorian Waters," by A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., 

 F.L.S. ; (5) "Additions to the Fish Fauna of Victoria," by 

 A. H. S. Lucas, M.A. ; (6) " On the Occurrence of Krausia 



