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Raval Society of Queensland, 
Abstract of Proceedings. 
Report oF Councit For 1918. 
To THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND. 
Your Council has pleasure in submitting its report 
for the year. 1918. 
The work of the year has been very satisfactory. 
During the year seventeen papers were accepted and printed 
in Volume XXX. of the Proceedings, which is the largest 
within recent years. 
We have to acknowledge our indebtedness to the 
Queensland Government, who have again voted a sum of 
£50 to aid the publication of research work. In addition, 
our thanks are due to the University of Queensland for 
its assistance in the publication of the paper by Dr. H. C. 
Richards on “The Building Stones of Queensland,” and 
also to the Trustees of the Walter and Eliza Hall Fund 
for assistance in the publication of the paper on “ A Tick- 
Resistant Condition in Cattle,’ by Dr. T. H. Johnston 
and Miss M. J. Bancroft, B.Sc., Walter and Eliza Hall 
Fellow in Economic Biology. 
There have been ten meetings of the Council, the 
attendances being as follows :—A. B. Walkom 10, E. H. 
Gurney 6, H. A. Longman 7, W. R. Colledge 8, C. D. Gillies 
10, T. H. Johnston 8, H. C. Richards 9, J. Shirley 7, F.. 
Smith 3, C. T. White 9. 
The membership list consists of 87 ordinary and 
associate members, and 10 corresponding members. During 
the year seven members were admitted, two resigned 
