PH EVIDENTIAL ADDRESS* 



some anthkofoumtfcal (jonhideratio^h (^f 

 qukknsland and thk history of its 

 kthno(;kaphy. 



By R Hamlys-Habris, D.Sc, F.R.A.I., F.L.S.. &o. 



Director of the Queensland Museum. 



-{ Delivereff hefore the Royal SocieJ.y '«/' Qtwm-^land. 2(\th 

 March. VMl). 



In relinquishing the t)ffice of President U) which you 

 wete good enough to elect me a year ago, it is necessary 

 that I first briefly refer to the work of the Society during 

 my term. In spite of the war, the depression and 

 monetary difficulties which have followed in it^s train, 

 the Society has made good progress, and the session has 

 been a full and instructive one. La<3k of funds, however, 

 is responsible for the paucity of papers pubhshed, and 

 several have had to be deferred until the grant of £oO (fifty 

 pounds), by the Government of Queensland make their 

 pubhcation possible. We are gratefully indebted for this 

 timely assistance, and we are pleased to think that there 

 is every prospect of the gi-ant becoming (as previously) 

 an annual contribution to the Societj". During the year, 

 we are proud to relate it, a number of oiir members have 

 been absent on Imperial Service, some doing duty at 

 home, others further afield. Two of our corresponding 

 membere, Professors David and Pollock, have been with 

 the Australian Mining Corps. Major T. Edge worth David 



* Th > preliminary portion of the Presidential Address included 

 leferencH to the work of the Commonwealth Bur'^au of Science and 

 Indup'vy. and to the need for national organisation. 



