ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



FOR THE YEAR 1895. 



The Council of the Royal Society herewith presents to the 

 Members of the Society the Annual Report and Balance Sheet 

 for the Year 1895. 



The following Meetings were held, and Papers read during the 

 Session : — 



March 14. — 1. " On the Relation between the Atomic Weights 

 and the Wave-lengths of the Spectrum Lines of the Elementary 

 Bodies," by Ludwig Rummel (communicated by R. L. J. Ellery, 

 F.R.S.) 2. " A Statistical Account of Australian Fungi," by D. 

 McAlpine. 3. "Preliminary Notice of a New Marsupial from 

 Central Australia," by Professor Baldwin Spencer, M.A. 



April 9. — 1. "Further Preliminary Notice of Certain New 

 Species of Lizards from Central Australia," by A. H. S. Lucas, 

 M.A., B.Sc, and C. Frost, F.L.S. 2. "Notes on Birds Nesting 

 on Albatross Island, Bass Straits," by Dudley Le Souef and 

 H. P. C. Ashworth. 3. " Further Notes on Birds' Nests and 

 Eggs," by A. J. Campbell. 



June 13. — 1. "Catalogue of Non-Calcareous Sponges," col- 

 lected by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq., M.A., in the neighbour- 

 hood of Port Phillip Heads. Part II., by Professor Arthur 

 Dendy, D.Sc. 2. "Observed Variations in the Dip of the 

 Horizon," by T. W. Fowler, M.C.E. 3. " Notes on Uromyces 

 amygdali" Cooke (Prune Rust). " A Synonym of Puccinia 

 pruni. Pei-s," by D. McAlpine. 4. " A Puccinia on Groundsel, 

 with Trimorphic Teleutospores," by D. McAlpine. 5. " Aus- 

 tralian Fungi," Part II, by D. McAlpine. 6. "Preliminary 

 Description of Certain New Marsupials from Central Australia, 

 together with remarks on the occurrence and identity of Phasco- 

 logak cristicauda" Kretft, by Professor Baldwin Spencer, M.A. 

 7. "Exhibition of Micro-metric Rulings," by J. Shephard. 



August 8. — 1. "Preliminary Notice of Certain New Spiders 

 from Central Australia," by H. R. Hogg, M.A. 2. " Oologieal 



