ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



FOR THE YEAR, 1!I07. 



The Council lierewitl) presents to Members of tlie Society the 

 Annual Report and Details of Receipts and Expenditure for the 

 year 1907. 



The following meetings were held : 



March 14th — Annual Meeting and Election of Officers. 

 Ordinary Meeting. No papers were read. 



Apri"! 11th — Papers read: 1. "A Living Descendant of an 

 Extinct (Tasnianian) Race," by Prof. R. J. A. Berry, M.D., «fec. 

 2. " A Note on the Bedding of Tuffs," by T. S. Hall. 3. "A New 

 Chiton from North Queensland (Enoplochiton torrii," by R. A. 

 Bastow and J. H. Gatliff. 4. " Additions to the catalogue of 

 Marine Shells of Victoria," by J. H. Gatliff. Exhibits : 

 Specimens of Enoplochiton torrii in illustration of their paper, by 

 Messrs. Bastow and Gatliff. 



!May 9th — A Lecture was delivered by Mr. A. C. H. Rothera, 

 M.A., entitled " Life and Death." 



June 13th — -Papei's read: 1. "Fossil Fish Remains in the 

 Tertiaries of Australia, Pai't TI.," by F. Chapman, A.L.S., and 

 G. B. Piitchard, F.G.S. 2. "The Movements of the Soluble 

 Constituents in Fine Alluvial Soils," by Prof. A. J. Ewart, D.Sc, 

 Ph.D. Exhibit : A dry cell ten years old and still active, by 

 J. A. Smith. 



July 11th — A Lecture entitled "Some recent discoveries on 

 the protection of the body against di-sease," by Dr. R. J. Bull. 

 The paper was illustrated by lantern slides. Paper read : "Con- 

 tributions to the Flora of Australia, Part 6," by Prof. A. J. 

 Ewart. Exhil)its : Microscope slides in illustration of Dr. Bull's 

 lecture, by O. A. Sayce. Plants dealt with in his paper, by 

 Prof. A. J. Ewart. 



August 8tli — The following demonstrations were given: 

 1. Determination of the length of the vessels in tree-stems by 



