The President called upon the Honorary Secretary (Mr. W. 

 J. Byott Maughan) to read the Report of the Council as follows : — 



To the Members of the Royal Society of Queensland. 



In accordance with custom your Council submit their 

 Report for the year 1892-93, of proceedings and other matters in 

 which the Society is interested. 



No change has taken place in the persomiel of the Council 

 during the past twelve months. 



Arrangements have been made by the Governing Council 

 of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 

 to hold the next meeting at Adelaide during the month o^ 

 September, 1893 ; and, carrying out a previous practice, your 

 Council appointed Messrs. Norton, De Vis, and Shirley as 

 Delegates from this Society, and His Excellency Sir Henry 

 Norman has been invited to again act as one of your representa- 

 tives, and has expressed his willingness to accede to your 

 Council's request, provided his official duties do not prevent him 

 from so doing. 



As a result of the general depression and a consequent 

 ailing off of income, it was found necessary to temporarily cur- 

 tail the cost of printing, and many valuable papers, which as 

 soon as funds permit will be printed, have had to be held over. 

 Volume VIII., Part 4, to which reference was made in the 

 previous Annual Report, has been published and distributed. 



The Field Naturalists' Section continued the practice 

 of making excursions into the country whenever convenient 

 opportunities presented themselves, and the accounts of their 

 explorations, and of the collections made and natural objects 

 noted, have been as interesting as during previous years. Many 

 of the specimens thus obtained were carefully prepared and sub- 

 mitted for inspection, accompanied with descriptive sketches, at 

 the ordinary meetings. 



During the year there were held 12 Council and 8 ordinary 

 meetings, and it is satisfactory to be able to report that the 



