PROCEEDINGS. Ill 



ing the Royal Society of Queensland to undertake the duty of 

 constructing the catalogue in accordance with rules embodied in 

 the second report of the International Conference, dated Marcb 

 30th, 189H. 



This Society appointed a committee of two to carry out the 

 work ; but one of these, under pressure of business, was obliged 

 to withdraw, and the sole charge of compiling the record was 

 undertaken by, Mr. John Shirley, B. Sc, District Inspector of 

 Schools. Mr. Shirley has held the offices of Secretary, Vice- 

 President, and President of the Royal Society of Queensland, 

 General Secretary of the Australasian Association for the 

 Brisbane meeting in 1895, and is still Local Secretary for the 

 same Association. His experience has therefore specially litted 

 him for this duty. During the last twelve months he has 

 devoted the whole of his time after office hours to the task, and 

 the material is now in the hands of the (iovernment Printer and 

 partly in type. 



The work is to be divided into two parts. The first part will 

 show the pamphlets or books arranged under sixteen subjects 

 from A. Mathematics to Q. Anthropology. An Alphabetical list 

 of authors' names is given for each subject, with the title of each 

 production, and a reference to the scientific work in which it 

 may be found. 



The second part will group the scientific papers under fixed 

 subdivisions, so that future workers in any given science may 

 see at a glance what has already been done in any subdivision 

 of a subject which they have selected for study, and reference to 

 published works may be prompt and easy. The author has re- 

 quested the Hon. J. R. Dickson, by whom the printing has been 

 authorised, to supply one hundred copies for the use of members 

 of the Royal Society. The work will contain, with index, about 

 one hundred and fifty pages. 



CONGRESS OF ZOOLOGISTS. 



The Hon. the Prime Minister invited the Society to appoint 

 a representative for the International Congress of Zoologists 

 which was held at Cambridge, England, in August last, and Mr. 

 Saville Kent, a Past President and Life Member of the Society,. 

 kindly consented to act in the capacity abovementioned. 



