THE 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND. 



ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



REPORT OF COLWCIL FOR 1920. 



To the Members of the Royal Society of Queensland. 



Your Council has pleasure in submitting its Report for 

 the year 1920. 



During the year eleven papers were read before the 

 Society and published. In addition the following lectures 

 were delivered : — ' ' Petroleum in Queensland, ' ' by Mr. J. B. 

 Henderson, F.I.C. ; "The Origin of Petroleum," Mr. W. H. 

 Bryan, M.Se. ; "The Einstein Theory," Professor H.J. 

 Priestley, ]M.A. ; "The Hawaiian Islands," Professor H. C. 

 Richards, D.Sc. ; and "The Czeeho-Slovakia Republic," Dr. 

 J. V. Danes (Consul-General for Czecho-Slovakia). 



On the occasion of the visit of the Prince of Wales an 

 address was presented to His Royal Highness by the Prasi- 

 dent on behalf of the Society. 



An event of scientific significance during the year was 

 the Pan-Pacific Conference held at Honolulu in August. 

 The Societv was represented by Professor H. C. Richards, 

 D.Sc. 



The Society is again indebted to the Queensland Govern- 

 ment for a vote of £50 towards the publication of scientific 

 papers. It is also indebted to the Trustees of the Walter 

 and Eliza Hall Fund for defraying part of the cost of 

 publication of the following papers by Professor T. Harvey 

 Johnston and Miss M. J. Bancroft (Walter and Eliza Hall 

 Fellow in Economic Biology-) : "Notes on the Chalcid 

 Parasites of Museoid Flies in Australia," "Experiments 

 with Certain Diptera as Possible Transmitters of Bovine 

 Onchocerciasis," "The Life History of Hahronema in rela- 

 tion to Mil sea domestica and Native Flies in Queensland," 

 "Notes on the Life History of Certain Queensland Flies " 



