ANNUAL REPORT. 305 



1913. 



of the Museum during the current year. Mr. Clemes's 

 seat became vacant when he resigned from the Council, 

 and Mr. Piesse was elected in his place. 



The Council held eight Ordinary Meetings and one 

 Special Meeting in the period from the Annual Meeting 

 to the end of the year. The attendance of each member, 

 and the number of meetings held during his membership, 

 was as follows: — Dr. Butler, absent on leave; Dr. Clarke, 

 8 (9); Mr. Clemes, 2 (3); Professor Flvnn, 2 (3); Dr. 

 Glasson, 3 (3) ; Mr. Johnson, 7 (9) ; Dr. Noetlmg, 8 (9) ; 

 Mr. Piesse, 9 (9); Dr. Purdy, 2 (3); Mr. Rodway, 9 (9); 

 Dr. Sprott, 3 (9). 



Meetings of the Society. 



Eight Monthly General Meetings, and one Special 

 General Meeting (immediately following the Annual Meet- 

 ing) of the Society, were held during the year. Sixteen 



pap 



ers were read durins: the session 



Members. 



During the year 43 candidates were elected to the 

 Society, of whom 41 accepted the obligations of member- 

 ship. The Society lost 13 members through death, resigna^ 

 tion, or change of residence. The number of ordinary 

 members at the end of the year was 157, the largest for over 

 fifty years. There w^ere also 9 members who have com- 

 pounded their subscriptions for life, 4 honorary members, 

 and 15 corresponding members. 



The Council has to record the deaths of several of the 

 oldest members of the Society, including Mr. Kussell 

 Young and Mr. Thomas Stephens, who were members of 

 the Council for many years. Obituary notices of the de- 

 ceased members will be found at the end of the Report-. 



Papers and Proceedings. 



An arrangement was made for a better quality of 

 paper for the "Papers and Proceedings" for 1913, and 

 improvements have been made in the printing. The in- 

 crease in the Society's membership and the additional ex- 

 changes which have been arranged have necessitated a 

 larger edition of the "Papers and Proceedings," and the 

 Council ordered 450 copies for 1913, in place of 350 

 hitherto printed. The Council is anxious to introduce fur- 

 ther improvements in the format of the Society's publica- 

 tions, but it has resolved that for the present the needs 

 of the library are more urgent. 



