PROCEEDINGS. 



the Library. Something in this way might be done if Members 

 whose subscriptions are in arrear would pay the same. The Hon. 

 Librarian, Mr. R. lUidge, is at present engaged in compiling a 

 catalogue of the works in the possession of the Society. 



In January last, the meeting of the Australasian A.ssociation 

 for the Advancement of Science was held in Sydney. The 

 General Council of that body invited this Society to send a 

 representative for that occasion, and Mr. C. J. Pound, the 

 President at that time, at the request of this Council, attended 

 the Meeting for that purpose. 



QUEENSLAND CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC 

 LITERATURE. 



In July, 1896, under the auspices of the Royal Society, there 

 was held in London an International Conference on the com- 

 pilation of an Ihiiversal Science Catalogue. Sir J. (iorst acted 

 as President, and there were delegates from Austria, Belgium, 

 Canada, Cape Colony, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece 

 Great Britain, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Natal, The 

 Netherlands, New South Wales, New Zealand, Norway, Queens- 

 land, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. 



At this Conference it was decided : — 



(1) That it is desirable to compile and publish l)y means of 

 some international organisation, a complete Catalogue of 

 Scientific Literature, arranged according both to authors' names 

 and to subject matter. 



(2) That any country which shall declare its willingness ta 

 undertake the task shall be entrusted with the duty of collecting, 

 provisionally classifying, and transmitting to the Central Bureau^ 

 in accordance with rules laid down by the International Council, 

 all the entries belonging to the scientific literature of that 

 country. 



Under advice from Sir Horace Tozer, the Queensland repre- 

 sentative, the late Premier, the Hon. T. J. Byrnes wrote request- 



