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Librarian is in constant attendance to afford assistance to 

 those desirous of consulting the volumes. Your Council 

 has had under consideration the exchanges which are made 

 with other Societies and hopes to be able, in the future, to 

 add considerably to the value of these in consequence of the 

 increased amount of publications which now emanate from 

 the Society. 



The most important publication of the year has been that 

 of Part I of Dr. Dendy's " Monograph of the Victorian 

 Sponges." 



The Committee appointed by the Council to distribute 

 the collections of animals obtained from Port Phillip 

 experiences very great difficult}'- in obtaining any informa- 

 tion from specialists at home to whom the various 

 collections have been sent for investigation. It hopes, 

 however, to obtain reports during the coming year, and is 

 endeavouring to hasten the work, thougYi this must 

 naturally take a long period of time in completion. The 

 Council desires to place on record its high appreciation 

 of the labours of J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq., M.A., by 

 whom the collections have almost entirely been made. 



As will be seen from the list of papers read before the 

 Society during the past year, a considerable numlier of 

 original scientific investigations have been carried on by 

 Members. Your Council trusts that the amount of work 

 recorded in its publications may increase year by year. 



