'4 ANTHROPOLOmCAL CONSIDERATIONS OF QUEENSLAND. 



In the fourth the Anther gives his opinions as to the 

 acclimatisation of csertain fishes, which, if carried out, 

 would destructively interfere with the balance of Nature. 

 He, however, advocates the introduction of the Gourami, 

 a fish which is admirably suited to tropical areas. 



Another contribution was as follows : — 



(5) Austr. Ass. Adv. Science, Brisbane. V.)W. " Notes 

 on the Ceratodus," Vol. xii., p. 388. 



It is also my painful duty to refer briefly to the death 

 of Mr. Henry Carlton (B.A., Oxon), which took place at 

 the beginning of this year. He came out from England 

 in 1866, and was one of the pioneers of the Sugar Industry 

 •n the Nerang District where he lived. He took a keen 

 interest in public affairs and in the flora and fauna of hie 

 district, and to his careful investigations Queensland owes 

 the adchtion of a number of* new species. Mr. Carlton 

 had been a member of this Society since its inception in 

 1884, and the loss of three such old members within so short 

 a period of time is a sad loss to the Society. 



Their loss reduces the original members, who still 

 retain membership, to nine only : — These are D. Eglinton, 

 Sir Samuel Griffith, Charles Hedley, Dr. Marks, R. H. 

 Roe, T. Steel, the Hon. A. J. Thynne, Dr. A. J. Turner, 

 and W. Weedon. 



My sincere thanks are due to the Executive Officers 

 of this Society for their loyalty and invaluable support, 

 and particularly to Mr. Walkom, our Honorary Secretary, 

 on whose shoulders the bulk of the administrative worfi 

 of the Society has fallen. 



SOME ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF 



QUEENSLAND AND THE HISTORY 



OF ITS ETHNOGRAPHY. 



At the present state of scientific research in Queens- 

 land, a permanent Bureau of Information for the collection 

 of statistics would be particularly useful, since the proficiency 

 of the Race, in view of the coming struggle involved and 

 poet war problems, is at stake. I would also urge the 

 necessity of systematic investigation in the matter of 

 Eugenics and Genetics. We should ascertain the 



