REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. XVll 



parts of the world. Thanks are due to Mr. A. J, Norton, the 

 Hon. Librarian, who has worked hard to arrange and keep the 

 library in order. 



The sixth meeting of the Australasian Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, was held in Brisbane during the month 

 of January, 1895. The whole of the scientific societies of 

 Brisbane united to make the gathering a success, and the part 

 taken by the Royal Society in support of the Association deserves 

 io be placed on record. The President of the Association, one 

 of the Vice-Presidents, the local Treasurer, the two General 

 Secretaries, nine Vice-Presidents of Sections, and six Secretaries 

 of Sections are members or officials of the Royal Society ; and a 

 very fair quota of the papers read was also contributed by the 

 scientific workers in our ranks. One of the principal functions 

 of the Brisbane meeting — the conrersazione at the Centennial 

 Hall — was initiated by members of the Royal, Royal Geographical, 

 and Medical Societies, and was pronounced by our visitors 

 to be a complete success. The work performed by this Society 

 received hearty commendation from His Excellency Sir Henry 

 Norman, and in a parting interview with a deputation from our 

 ranks these services were again acknowledged. 



We have to record that in two consecutive years the highest 

 honour in the gift of the Royal Society of New South Wales 

 " for meritorious contributions to the Geology, Mineralogy or 

 Natural History of Australia," viz., the Clarke Memorial Medal, 

 has been bestowed on members of this Society. The medal was 

 voted in 1895, to Mr. R. L. Jack and Mr. Robert Etheridge, 

 Curator of the Australian Museum (none having been awarded 

 in 1894, so that the award to two fellow-workers might be 

 simultaneous) ; and in 1896 to the Hon. A. C. Gregory, C.M.G. 

 The following is a list of previous medallists since 1878 : — Sir 

 Richard Owen, George Bentham, C.M.G. , F.R.S., Professor 

 Huxley, Sir F.- McCoy, Professor Dana, Baron Von Mueller, 

 Alfred R. C. Selwyn, C.M.G., F.R.S., Sir Joseph Hooker, Pro- 

 fessor De Koninck, Sir James Hector, Rev. Julian E. Tenison- 

 Woods, R. L. J. Ellery, F.R.S., Dr. George Bennett, Captain 

 F. W. Hutton, Professor Thiselton-Dyer, C.M.G., F.R.S., and 

 Professor Ralph Tate. 



