PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



^ittmal inciting of Jlt^mkts, 



HELD ON SATURDAY, 15th FEBRUARY, 1902. 



The Annual Meeting of the Society was held on Saturday, 

 15th February, 1902. The President, Mr. W. J. Byram, 

 occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance. 



The Report of the Council for the Session 1901 was read 

 by the Hon. Secretary (Mr. J. F. Bailey) as follows :— 



To the Members of the Roijal Societi/ of Queensland. 



According to custom your Council submit the annual 

 report for the year 1901 : — 



The ordinary meetings have been fairly well attended, but 

 it must be admitted that the attendances cannot be compared 

 with those in the earlier stages of the Society's existence. It 

 is also a source of regret that several of the Society's members, 

 who are engaged in original research, have forwarded their 

 papers to southern societies for publication. The primary aim 

 of the Society is the encouragement of original research, 

 although it has as a subsidiary object the promotion of scientific 

 knowledge and the fostering of scientific pursuits. Your 

 Council hope, therefore, that the members who are engaged in 

 research of an original character will not pass over their own 

 Society and thus weaken its salient object. 



With a view to assisting as well the original worker as the 

 demonstrator or lecturer your Council procured from 

 Ross and Co., Limited, of London, a microscopical attachment 

 for the science lantern previously supplied by them, and it is 

 to be hoped that members will make use of this instrument, 

 whenever practicable, in illustrating the results of their work! 

 A list of the papers read at ordinary meetings of the 

 Society during the year is given in Appendix A. Instead of the 

 ordinary meeting in October a lantern and microscopial evening 

 was held in the Centennial Hall, and was very largely attended. 

 Fourteen Council meetings have been held during the year, 

 and the attendance of members of the Council at the meetings 

 will be found in Appendix B. 



