PROCEEDINGS 



OF TTTE 



Annual illri^ting d Mmxbtv^, 



HELD ON MoXh.lY. -list JAXI'ARY. IS'Jb. 



The Annual Meeting- of the Society was held on Monday 

 Hist January. There was a good attendance of luend^ers and 

 visitors. 



The Tresident (Mr. ('. J. Tound, F.E.M.S.). occupied the 

 chair. 



The ^Minutes of prcxious Annual Meetino- were read and 

 conJirined. 



The Hon. Secretary (^Ir. •). F. r)ailey) read the folloAving 

 re])ort of the Council for the 1897 Session. 



In till' Mi'iiilu'is of Till- Hiijjdl Sdcii'ti/ (if (JiiniisliiiiiL 



YoHr Council have pleasure in submitting their Report for 

 the year, 1897 :~ 



Eleven Ordinary Meetings have been held. A list of the 

 pa[H'rs read will be found in Appendix A. Tlie attendance 

 of Olficers at the Council ^leetings held during the year i,-j shown 

 in Appendix B. 



The popular lectures on Scientific Subjects which were 

 commenced in 189G, were continued during the past year. Two 

 were delivered, and were largely attended. The first took place 

 in Febrirary when the subject was " Rabbits in Queensland," 

 and the second in June, on " Ticks and Tick fever in Queensland." 

 The President, ]\Ir. C. J. Pound was the lectui-er on each 

 occasion, and the lectures were profusely illustrated by 

 lantern photographs. It is ])roposed to carry on these lectures 

 during the ensuing session. 



It is Avith regret that the Council have to record the death 

 of two of its oldest Members, viz : — Sir Charles Lilley and Mr. 

 W. ]). Nisbet. 



