ANNUAL REPORT OE THE COUNCIL 



For the Year 1894-95. 



The Council of the Royal Society herewith presents to the 

 Members of the Society the Annual Report and Balance Sheet 

 for the Year 1894. 



The following Meetings were held, and Papers read during the 

 Session : 



March 8. — "Observations made at Sydney with Kater's 

 Invariable Pendulums during January and February, 1894," 

 by E. F. J. Love, M.A. "Description of some Birds' Eggs 

 from North Queensland," by Dudley Le Souef. " Notes on 

 some Lancetield Graptolites," by G. B. Pritchard. (1) "Note 

 on the presence of Peripatus insignis in Tasmania," ;ind 

 (2) " Preliminary Notes on some Tasmanian Earthworms," by 

 Professor W. Baldwin Spencei', M.A. 



April 12. — An adjourned discussion on Mr. Love's paper on 

 " Kater's Pendulums," etc., in which Professor W. C. Kernot, 

 M.A., C.E.; R. L. J. Ellery, C.M.G., F.R.S., F.R.A.S ; Pietro 

 Baracchi, F.R.A.S.; Thos. W. Fowler, C.E.; and E. F. J. Love, 

 M.A, took part "Land Irrigation — Principles Governing its 

 Economic Application," by Isaac Tipping, C.E. 



May 10. — "The Geology of Castleniaine, with a Subdivision 

 of the Lower Silurian Strata, and a list of Minerals," by T. S. 

 Hall, M.A. "On the Sugar Strength and Acidity of Victorian 

 Musts," by W. Percy Wilkinson. 



June 14. — "A Demonstration explanatory of the Modern 

 Theories of the Coagulation of the Blood, and the Action of 

 Snake Venom on the Blood," by J. W. Barrett, M.D. "Geo- 

 logical Notes on the Country between Strahan and Lake St. 

 Clair, Tasmania," by C. G. W. Officer, B.Sc, Lewis J. Balfour, 

 and E. G. Hogg, M.A. 



July 12. — "The Best Form for a Balance-Beani," by Professor 

 W. C. Kernot. " Australian Species of Amathia," by Dr. 



