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During the year one member and four associates were elected, 

 and three members and three associates resigned. Tn addition 

 two honorary and two ordinary members and one associate liave 

 died. 



Kobert Lewis Jolin Elleiy, C.M.G., F. H.S., F.R.A.S., was Ijorn 

 in England, on July 14tli, 1827. He arrived in Australia at the 

 end of 1851, and established the Williamstown Observatory in 

 1853. He organised the Torpedo Corps in connection with the 

 Defence Force in 1873, and rose to the position of colonel. He 

 joined the Royal Society of Victoria in 1856. He was elected 

 to the Council in 1863, and was Secretary in 1864, and Vice- 

 Presitlent in 1865. In 1867 lie became President, and held this 

 othce till 1884, a period of eighteen years. He then served on 

 the Council till the end of 1905, when he declined re-election. 

 He was Director of the Geodetic Survey from 1858 to 1874. 

 Elected F.R.A.S., 1859; F.K.S., 1863; and was created C.M.G. 

 in 1889. In 1895 he retired from the directorship of the Obser- 

 vatory, died on January 14th, 1908. His energy long made him 

 the mainspring of our Society, and his resourcefulness helped us 

 in many a time of difficulty. Including several Presidential 

 Addresses and a few papers represented by title only, Mr. Ellery 

 is represented by 73 papers in the publications of our Society, 

 his communications being concerned mainly with physical and 

 astronomical questions. Mr. Ellery's kindly nature and fund 

 of humour made him a universal favourite, and he passed away 

 loved and respected by all. 



John Dennant, F.G.S., joined the Society in 1886, and died on 

 June 13th, 1907. His work as Inspector of Schools entailed a 

 good deal of travelling, and he had a wide knowledge of 

 Victorian Geology. He contributed several papers on tertiary 

 geology to our Society, both by himself and in conjunction with 

 others. Most of his work however appeared in the Transactions 

 of the Royal Society of South Australia, where he wrote with 

 Professor R. Tate on Tertiary Geology, and alone on Corals, both 

 recent and fossil. He was a President of this Society, and acted 

 on the Council for many years. 



Henry Chamberlain Russell, C.M.G., B.A., F.R.S., an 

 Honorary Member of the Society, was born in New South Wales 



