ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



FOR THE YEAR 1903. 



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 1 903. 



Meetings were held as follows : — 



March 10. — Annual Meeting and Election of Officers. 

 Ordinary Meeting. Paper read : " The Geology of the Valley 

 of the Lower Mitchell River," by J. Dennant, F.G.S., F.C.S., 

 and D. Clark, B.C.E. 



April 16. — Papers read: 1. "On the Occurrence of Striated 

 Boulders in the Petmo-Carboniferous Rocks near the Mouth of 

 the Shoalhaven River, New South Wales," by E. O. Thiele. 2. 

 " On Certain Conglomerates near Sydenham," by T. S. Hart, 

 M.A., F.G.S. Exhibits : 1. Spiruiirostra curta, Tate, from 

 Spring Creek, by IMr. T. S. Hall. 2. Mr. E. J. White discussed 

 Mr. H. C. Russell's theory of the nine year's periodicity of 

 droughts. 



May 14. — Papers read: 1. " On some Fossil Tertiary Pleuro- 

 tomarias," by G. B. Pritchard. 2. " New or Little-known 

 Victorian Fossils in the National Museum ; Part 2, Some 

 Silurian Specie.s," by F. Chapman, A.L.S. Exhibit: Fossils, 

 in illustration of his paper, by Mr. Chapman, on behalf of 

 the Trustees of the National Museum. 



June 11. — Papers read: 1. "Volcanic Necks at Anderson's 

 Inlet, South Gippsland," by A. E. Kitson, F.G.S. 2. "Ice 

 Deposits at Taminick, Glenrowan and Greta," by A. E. Kitson, 

 F.G.S. 3. " Catalogue of the Marine Shells of Victoria, Part 7," 

 by G. B. Pritchard and J. H. Gatliti". 4. "New Species of 

 Victorian Marine Mollusca," by G. B. Pritchard and J. H. 

 Gatliff. Exhibits: 1. Photographs and specimens, in illustra- 

 tion of his paper, by Mr-. Kitson. Three species of Victorian 

 Chiones, by Messrs. Pritchard and Gatliff. 



July 12. — Papers read: 1. "Further Descriptions of Victorian 

 Tertiary Polyzoa, Part 9," by C. M. Maplestone. 2. " Some 



