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Bowen, Dr. Clendinnen, Messrs. J. W. Davy, Jamos Dawson, 

 W. Fox, J. Gabriel, T. Gaunt, R. Haig, J. Lindsav, W. T. 

 Moffat, J. O. Moody, Dr. Myles, Messrs. W. E. Pickles, J. E. 

 Prince, Dr. T. S. Ralph, O. A. Sayce, Geo. Swift, C. A. 

 Topp, M.A., LL.B. ; W. Welchman, J. Wing, and W. W. 

 Woostei'. 



^ our Council has, however, to deplore the loss by death 

 of several valuable and res]iected members. Sir Julius 

 Haast, F.R.S., C.M.G., of New Zealand, honorary member; 

 Dr. Solomon Iffla, one of the oi igiiinl members of the Society; 

 Mr. S. W. McGowan, an old member of the Council ; and 

 Mr. E. S. Parkes, a member of many years' standing. 



Your Council, as a body, attended the Jubilee Levee at 

 Government House, and on that auspicious occasion, pre- 

 sented a short address tendering its humble duty to Her 

 Majesty, and didy received in November a gracious reply 

 thereto, which was read to the meeting in December. 



Your Council has entered with pleasure into a proposal 

 from the Field Naturalists' Club, supported by the Academy 

 of Art and the Royal Geographical Society, to unite with 

 them in urging upon the Government the reservation of 

 Wilson's Proniontary as a National Park. A deputation 

 from these bodies had an interview with the Minister of 

 Lands on the 21st instant, and it is thought that there 

 is every prospect of the project coming to a successful 

 issue. 



The Australian Antarctic Exploration Committee has not 

 succeeded in effecting any arrangements for utilising the 

 present season, but continues to collect information relating 

 to the subject of its labours. It iinds that negotiations for 

 such undertakings aie always difficult and protracted, 

 particuhirly when lacking active public support. It has, 

 however, just received a spontaneous declaration of earnest 

 sympathy from one influential public body, and expects 

 that that will soon be followed by others. 



Your Council has also deemed it desirable to expand the 

 operations of the Society, by appointing on July 14, a 

 Committee consisting of Mr. W. M. Bale, Rev. A. W. 

 Creswell, M.A., Dr. MacGillivray, Professor Spencer, Mr. C. 

 A. Topp, M.A., LL.B., Mr. A. H. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc, and Mr. 

 J. B. Wilson, M.A., to undertake a systematic biological 

 survey of Port Pliillip, and also, by making to the Committee 

 a grant of £oO for the purpose. 



