236 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 



December 8. — 1. "On some New Species of Victorian Mol- 

 lusca," by G. B. Pritchard and J. H. Gatliff. 2. " Catalogue of 

 the Marine Shells of Victoria, Part II.," by G. B. Pritchard and 

 J. H. Gatliff. 3. " Contribution to the Petrology of Kerguelen 

 Island," by Evelyn G. Hogg, M.A. 4. "The Oxidation of Cane 

 Sugar by Aqueous Solutions of Potassium Permanganate," by 

 W. Heber Green, B.Sc. 



During the course of the year the Society has lost five members, 

 one by resignation and four by death, while it has gained two 

 members and five associates. 



The Council has with especial regret to record the death of 

 Sir Henry Barkly, who filled the presidential chair during the 

 early days of the Society from 1860 to 1863, and of Mr. G. 

 Foord and Mr. J. Bosisto, C.M.G., both of whom in past times 

 have held ofiicial positions and been closely identified with the 

 work of the Society. 



During the year the following publications have been issued : 

 "Proceedings," Vol. XL, Part I. (New Series) and Vol. XL, 

 Part II. In accordance with the decision of the Council, the 

 " Proceedings " have been issued in two parts, so as to facilitate, 

 as far as possible, the early publication of papers presented to 

 the Society. 



The Council has still to regret that owing to lack of funds it 

 is not possible to publish all the material which is available, 

 but with the return of more prosperous times it hopes that the 

 number of members and the annual grant received from the 

 Government, which is now only £100, may be increased. 



The Librarian reports as follows : — The addition to the 

 Library during the year number 1023 volumes and parts of 

 volumes. A card Catalogue of the Library has been completed 

 and placed in drawers. The sum of twenty pounds has been 

 spent in ))inding, and a cheaper style has been adopted. In 

 order to preserve the unbound volumes they have been tied up 

 in strong brown paper, the number of parcels amounting to 

 1375. There are now more than 5000 volumes in the Society's 

 Library, of which over 2000 are bound? 



