ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



FOE THE YEAE 1896. 



The Council of the Royal Society herewith presents to the 

 Members of the Society the Annual Report and Balance Sheet 

 for the Year 1896. 



The following Meetings were held, and Papers read during tlie 

 Session : — 



March 12. — 1. " On the Occurrence of the Anchoring Tubes 

 of Adeona in the older Tertiaries of Victoria, with an account of 

 their Structure," by T. S. Hall, M.A. 2. "Description of Two 

 New Species of Marsupials from Central Australia," by Professor 

 Baldwin Spencer, M.A. 3. "An Exhibit of Photographs illus- 

 trating Dr. Rontgen's recent discovery," by Professor T. R. Lyle, 

 M.A. 



May 14. — 1. "Description of a New Species of Terrestrial 

 Isopoda allied to the genus Phreatoicus," by Professor Baldwin 

 Spencer, and T. S. Hall, M.A. 2. " On the Representation of 

 the Periodic Law, with special reference to Argon and Helium," 

 by Professor Orme Masson, M.A. 3. "Geological Notes on the 

 Geni and Indi Rivers and Monaro Gap, Mount Kosciusko, 

 N.S.W.," by A. E. Kitson. 4. "An Exhibit of Vacuum Tubes 

 containing Argon and Helium, showing their Spectra," by 

 Professor Orme Masson, M.A. 5. "An Exhibit of Photographs 

 taken by Rontgen's method, showing details of the structure of 

 the skeletons of various animals," by Professor Lyle, M.A. 



June 11. — 1. "The Temperatures of Reptiles, Monotremes, 

 and Marsupials," by Alexander Sutherland, M.A. 2. " Note on 

 the Aboriginal Rock Painting at the Victoria Range, County of 

 Dundas, Victoria," by Rev. John Mathew, M.A. 



July 9. — 1. "On Some Facts in the Geographical Distribution 

 of Land and Freshwater Vertebrates in Victoria," by A. H. S. 

 Lucas, M.A., B.Sc. 2. " The Burbung of New England Tribes, 



