PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS, 



HELD ON SATURDAY, 23rd JANUARY, 1897. 



The Annual Meeting of the Society was held on Saturday, 

 23rd January, 1897. The President (Dr. .J. Lauterer) occupied 

 the chair. 



The Hon. Secretary read the following report of the 

 Council for the Year 1896 :— 



To the Members of the Royal Society of Queensland. 



Your Council have pleasure in submitting their Report for 

 the year 1896 :— 



Ordinary meetings have been held monthly, with the 

 exception of December. A list of the papers read at these 

 meetings will be found in Appendix B. 



Twelve Council meetings were held during the year, at 

 which the attendance was as shown in Appendix A. 



In April last Part 2 of Vol. XI. of the Proceedings was 

 published. This contained the papers read during 1895. 

 Vol. XII. is nearly all in type, and will be issued shortly^ 

 " author's copies " having, as a rule, been distributed shortly 

 after the respective papers were read. 



During the year 28 new members have been elected, and 

 5 members have resigned. A list of the members and their 

 addresses will be published in Vol. XII. of the Proceedings. 



It is with regret that the Council have to record the deaths 

 of Baron Sir F. von Mueller (one of the first Corresponding 

 Members of the Society), Col. E. R. Drury, C.M.G. (Member), 

 and Mr. A. T. 0. Preston (Associate). 



