ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



FOK THE YEAR 1902. 



The Council of the Royal Society herewith presents to the 

 Members of the Society the Annual Report and Statement of 

 Receipts and Expenditure for the year 1902. 



The following Meetings were held : — 



March 13. — Paper read: "The Theory of Temporary Stars," 

 by E. F. J. Love, M.A., F.R.A.S. 



April 4. — Papers read: 1. "On the Occurrence of Glacial 

 Beds at Wynward, near Table Cape, Tasmania," by A. E. 

 Kitson, F.G.S. 2. "Further Descriptions of the Tertiary 

 Polyzoa of Victoria, Part VIII.," by C. M. Maplestone. 



May 8. — Paper read: "Six Months' Daily Examination of 

 Melbourne Tap Water," by Thomas Cherry, M.D., M.S. 



June 12. — Papers read: 1. "Notes on Some Recent Marine 

 Deposits in the Neighbourhood of Williamstown," by F. E. 

 Grant and E. O. Thiele. 2. "Description of Some New 

 Victorian Fresh-water Amphipoda, No. 2," by O. A. Sayce. 

 3. " Further Notes on the River Yarra Improvement Sections, 

 at the Botanical Gardens, Melbourne," by A. E. Kitson, F.G.S. 

 Exhibits: 1. Mr. Arthur Everett showed and described the 

 New Geological ]\Iap of Victoria. 2. Rev. A. \V. Cresswell, 

 M.A., exhibited and discussed the use of the Gastroliths of 

 Astacopsis. 3. Mr. H. Bullen showed some Gem-sand under the 

 microscope. 



July 10. — Papers read: 1. "Some Little-known Victorian 

 Decapod Crustacea, with Descriptions of New Species, No. 2," 

 by S. W. Fulton and F. E. Grant. 2. Description of Some New 

 Lizards from Western Australia," l»y A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., 

 B.Sc, and C.Frost, F.L.S. 3. " New or Little-known Fossils 

 from the Tertiaries of Victoria," by T. S. Hall, M.A. Exhibits : 

 1. By Mr. Fulton, Crustacea, in illustration of his paper. 2. By 

 Mr. Hall, Fossils described in his paper. 



