PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Annual Jit Ming 0f iltrmbrrs, 



HELD ON SATURDAY, 15th JANUARY, 1903. 



The Annual Meeting of the Society was held on Saturday, 

 17th January, 1903. 



The President (Dr. John Thomson) occupied the chair. 



The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



The Hon. Secretary read the following Report of the 

 Council for the 1902 Session : — 



To THE Members of the Royal Society of Queensland. 



According to custom, your Council submit their Report 

 for the year 1902. 



Ordinary Meetings of Members were held regularly during 

 the year, and a list of the papers read at these meetings will be 

 found in Appendix A, 



Twelve meetings of the Council were held, and the 

 attendance of officers is given in Appendix B. 



It will be seen by reference to the Treasurer's Statement, 

 that a further sum of £20 has been expended on the lantern. 

 This amount was for additions that the Council considered would 

 add to the usefulness of the instrument in illustrating papers 

 where microscopical objects were dealt with. Mr. J. W, Sutton, 

 who is now on a visit to England, has kindly consented to 

 arrange for the purchase of these additions. 



In May last, at the invitation of the President (Dr. John 

 Thomson), Professor Crookshauk delivered a lecture, under the 

 auspices of the Society, on " Science and the State, with special 

 reference to Tuberculosis and the Public Health." The Council 

 have decided to print the lecture, and it will appear in the 

 volume of Proceedings now in the press. 



Part 1 of Volume XVII. of the Proceedings was published 

 in May last, when it was distributed to Members and also to 

 Institutions and Societies on the exchange list. 



The Council have pleasure in recording that Mr. F. M. 

 Bailey, one of the founders of the Society and an Ex-President, 

 was, in December last, voted the highest honour in the gift of 



