PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Annual iilf^ting oi Itt^mbtrs, 



HELD (L\ SATUEDAY, 2Ut JANUARY, lt<99. 



The Annual ]\Ieetin.c;- of the Society was hold on Saturday, 

 21st January, 1H99. 



The President (iMr. S. B. J. Skertchly), oecui)iod the chair, 

 and about HO members and visitors were present. 



The Hon. Secretary read the following report of the Council 

 for the year 1898. 



To tJw M/'iiilii'is itf Till- I,'<ii/til Sorii'ti/ of (jKrcusIioid. 



Your Council has pleasure in submitting their Report for 

 the year, 1898 :— 



There have been eight Meetings of Members, the attendance 

 teing very fair. A list of papers read at these meetings as well 

 as of the exhibits will be found in Appendix A.. 



The Council have met twelve times, and the attendance of 

 Members is given in Appendix I'. 



During the year four newlMembers have been elected viz: — 

 Sir H. M. Nelson, K.C.M.G. (Life Member) ; Messrs. T. McCall, 

 •0. Granowski. and Pascoe Stuart, and the following Members 

 have resigned : G. P). Brier and A. E. Klmes. 



In August last, Volume XIII. of tlie Proceedings of the 

 Society containing Papers read at Meetings during the year 1897 

 was issued. 



The Library has been enriched to the extent of four-hundred 

 and fifty-two donations during the year. A number of volumes 

 and parts of volumes of proceedings of various societies and 

 institutions were missing in the Library, and on application 

 to the donating societies many of these were kindly supplied- 

 The Council regret that funds at present will not permit of any 

 •expense being incurred in binding the many valuable works in 



