JVXNUAL REPORT. 125 



The Council regrets that the whole of the copies of 

 cur Papers and Proceedings for 1916, forwarded to tne 

 Smithsonian Institution for our American exchanges, were 

 lost through enemy action in May last. The Council will 

 replace these as far as our stocks will allow. The Council 

 is considering the advisability of holding back all foreign 

 exchanges until the end of the war. 



Lthrarif. 



During the year .300 books and pamphlots were 

 received, making a total of 12, SOD in the Library on 31st 

 December, 1917. 



In view of the large a,mount of work involved in in- 

 dexing and cataloguing the Society's exchanges, the Coun 

 cil has decided to appoint a paid officer to do the work. 

 As it is desirable to have this officer in continuous touch 

 with the Library and the general business of the Society, 

 Mr. Clive Lord, Assistant Curator of the Tasmanian 

 Museum and Art Galleiy, has been appointed to the joint 

 office of Secretary and Librarian. Rules for the use of the 

 Library and the borrowing of books from it are being 

 framed, and it is hoped thus to greatly improve this im- 

 portant branch of the Society s work. 



Ed a rat III n Serf Ion . 



President of Section, J. A. Johnson, Esq., M.A. Sec- 

 retary of Section, L. Dechaineux, Esq. Membcrehip, 10. 



Six meetings of the Section were held, and the follow- 

 ing paper on "English Educationists' read and discussed: 

 — Mr. J. A. Johnson, "Mulcaster " ; Mr. S. Clemes, 

 "Locke" ; Mr. L. H. Lindon, "Tliring " ; Mr. Dechaineux, 

 "Ruskin " ; Mr. S. C. Smith, "Spencer. " 



