ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



FOR THE YEAR 1901. 



The Council of the Royal Society herewith presents to the 

 Members of the Society the Annual Report and Balance Sheet 

 for the year 1901. 



The following Meetings were held : — 



March 14. — Paper read: "On the Formation of the Coal 

 Seams of Gippsland," by W. H. Ferguson. 



April 11. — Dr. W. R. Fox delivered a Lectnre with Experi- 

 ments, entitled "The Influence of the X-Rays on the Develop- 

 ment of Induction Apparatus." 



May 16. — Papers: 1. "A Revision of the Genus Gymnorhina," 

 by Robt. Hall. 2. " Some Geological Sections on the Mornington 

 Peninsula," by T. S. Hall and G. B. Pritchard. 3. "Contribu- 

 tions to the Palaeontology of the Older Tertiary of Victoria, 

 Lamellibranchs, Part IT.," by G. B. Pritchard. 



June 13. — Papers: 1. "Further Notes on the Igneous Rocks 

 of South-western Victoria," by J. Dennant, F.G.S. 2. " Growth 

 Stages in Modern Trigonias belonging to the section Pectinatae," 

 by T. S. Hall, M.A. Exhibits: A series of Skins of species of 

 the Genus Gymnorhina, by R. Hall. 



July \\.— -Papers: 1. "The Geology of Mount Macedon," by 

 Professor J. W. Gregory, D.Sc, F.R.S. 2. "Some Remains of 

 an Extinct Kangaroo in the Dune Rock of the Sorrento 

 Peninsula," by Professor J. W. Gregory, D.Sc, F.R.S. Exhibits: 

 A series of Typical Minerals from Mount Lyell, by E. G. Hogg, 

 M.A. The series was explained by H. C. Jenkins, A.R.S.M. 



August 8. — Paper: "Some little-known Victorian Decapod 

 Crustacea, with Descriptions of a New Species," by S. W. Fulton 

 and F. E. Grant. Professor W. C. Kernot exhibited and 

 described Elliott's Simplex Steam Engine Indicator. Mr. 

 P. de J. Grut showed a set of " Napier's Bones." Mr. P. 

 Baracchi showed the Gravity Pendulums constructed for use 

 on the Antarctic Expedition. 



