598 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 



Henry K. Rusden was a life member of the Society, and 

 was elected in 1866, served as a member of council foi- many 

 years, and acted as secretary at flifFerent times. During 

 the past few years he was unable, owing to his age, to attend our 

 meetings. He contributed several papers to the Society on mat- 

 ters of general interest. Tlie Society owes a good deal to his 

 energy and organising power. 



Charles Graham Weir Officer, B.Sc, was elected in 1890 when 

 still a student at the University. In conjunction with Dr-. Lewis 

 Balfour and Mr. E. G. Hogg, he wrote several papers on the 

 Glacial Beds of Bacchus Marsh, Coimadai and Tasmania. 



Andrew Anketell Henderson, M.Sc, was elected an associate 

 in 1905. As he lived out of Melbourne he was not known to 

 many of the members, but was a young man of much promise. 



The Proceedings of the Society, volume 22, pt. 2, was pub- 

 lished on A]iril llth, and volume 23, pt. 1, on Augiist 30th. 

 Volume 5 of the Transactions appeared on March 22nd. 



Mr. F. Wisewould was gazetted a Trustee of the Society's 

 ground on 17th April, in the place of the late Professor W. C. 

 Kernot. 



The exchange list was revised by the Council during the year, 

 and many additions were recommended. To meet with the in- 

 creased demand the edition of the publications was increased by 

 50 copies. 



A long-needed revision of the Laws of the Society was dealt 

 with during the year. 



A digest of the papers read is now being sent to " Nature," 

 and will no doubt be of value. 



The constant increase of the library demanded more room, and 

 book stacks were erected in the old Council room. The Xorth- 

 East room has been renovated and is now used by the Council. 

 An additional bookcase has been placed in the upstairs lecture 

 room. Li spite of these additions the time cannot be far dis- 

 tant when the library will have outgrown present accommoda- 

 tion. The erection of a lecture-hall to seat about 300 people 

 would free the downstairs meeting-room for library j^uri^oses, 

 and would enable the Society to hold more frequent conversa- 

 ziones, this Ijeing at present impossible owing to their cost. 



