membership. Under the circumstances your Council were 

 required by Rule XI to appoint another President, and their 

 choice fell upon the Hon. A. Norton, M.L.A., a member of the 

 Council, and that gentleman accepted the office. On 11th 

 December Mr. W. Saville-Kent resigned his seat on the 

 Council, as he was about to return to England. The two 

 vacancies thus created were filled in accordance with Rule XI, 

 by the appointment of the Hon. W. F. Taylor, M.D., M.L.C., 

 and Mr. W. Fryar, who duly signified their acceptance of 

 office. Mr.' A. E. Harte was offered and accepted the office 

 of Honorary Librarian— this office having had specially assigned 

 to it a seat on the Council by resolution agreed to on 16th 

 August, 1889, but on 4th April, 1892, that gentleman resigned 

 his appointment, and the duties connected with it have been 

 temporarily attended to by the Hon. Secretary, Mr. W. J. 

 Ryott Maughan. 



In -January a meeting of the Australasian Association was 

 held in Hobart. His Excellency Sir H. W. Norman, G.C.M.G., 

 &c., was kind enough to represent this Society on that occasion, 

 and with him were associated Messrs. F. M. Bailey, R. H. Roe, 

 • and J. Shirley, who have since their return reported most 

 favourably of the meeting and of the cordial welcome which was 

 extended to them on behalf of the Association and of the colony 

 of Tasmania by His Excellency Sir Roueet Hamilton, K.C.M.G., 

 the President for the year. 



Since the last annual meeting your Council have continued 

 to publish the Society's Proceedings ; Parts 2 and B of Volume 

 VIII have been distributed amongst members and Part 4 is in 

 the printer's hands. This important branch of work is still 

 somewhat retarded by the limited funds at the disposal of the 

 Council, for while the general depression is so largely felt 

 throughout the colony it would be vain to look for as liberal 

 support as might be confidently expected under less adverse 

 circumstances. 



Reference has been made on former occasions to the 

 pecuniary assistance which is extended by the Governments of 

 sister colonies to kindred societies. Here no such aid is given, 

 and it is a subject for congratulation that so much has hithertO' 



