ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 



The Auuual General Meeting of the Royal Society was 

 held in the Society s Rooms, Museum, on Monday, 18th 

 March, 1912. 



In the unavoidable absence of His Excellency, the 

 President, the Hon. G. H. Bailer, occupied the chair, and 

 the Annual Reports for 1911 were submitted. 



ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1911. 



The C(nincil of the lioyal Society have the honour to 

 present the Report for 1911 to' the Annual General Meet- 

 ing of the Society. 



Eight montiily General Meetings and two Special 

 General Meetings were held during the year. Nine Urdi- 

 nar-y Meetings and five Special Meetings of the Council 

 were held during the same period. 



Eleven Fellows were elected, while seventeen Fellows 

 left the State, or allowed their membership to lapse. 



The total number of the Fellows of the Society was 

 one hundred and thirty-eight, including nine Life Members. 

 The number of Coi'responding Members was sixteen. Of 

 these latter Sir Joseph Hooker, the renowned botanist, died 

 within the year. 



During the year a Bill to incorporate the Society and 

 to confer upon it powers as to holding pi-opcrty, litigation, 

 and to make and alter Rules, was passed by Parliament. 



The Rules of the Society have been revised by a Special 

 Committee, and arc now in operation. 



A Sub-section on Psychology and Education was added 

 to Rule 51. The Sub-section Biology was brought into 

 action about the middle of the year. 



