PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



^nitual ilMiitg ai JEintkrs, 



HELD ON JANUARY 29th, 1909. 



The Annual Meeting was held at the Technical College, 

 Ann Street, on January 29th, 1909. 



The President (J. C, Briinnich, F.LC, F.C.S., occupied 

 the chair. 



Minutes of last Annual Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The Report of Council and Financial Statement for 1908 

 were read and adopted. 



To the Members of the Royal Society of Queensland. 



The Council of the Royal Society of Queensland have 

 pleasure in presenting the Annual Report for the year ending 

 Slst December, 1908. 



Nine ordinary meetings were held during the year, when 

 the following papers were read : — 



March 26th. — *' The Jardine Expedition from Rockhampton 



to Cape York, 1864," Hon. A, 

 Norton, M.L.C. 



" Recent Results of Astronomical Photo- 

 graphy," IV.F. Gale,F.R.A.S. 



April 24th.—" The Origin of Australia," Professor ,S. B. J. 



Skertchly. 



May 30th. — ''Nature Studies in Queensland, New South 



Wales, and Fiji," Hon. A. Norton. 

 " Men of Colour — Women also," " Three 

 Colour Pictures," W. Saville Kent. 



June 26th.—" The People of New Georgia," Rev. J. Goldie. 



August 1st. — " Palms of the Brisbane Botanical Gardens," 



J. F. Bailey. 



August 29th. — " Geology of Tambourine Mountains," 



,/. Shirley, B. Sc. 



September 25th. — " Brisbane Tertiaries," Professor S. B. J. 



Shertchly. 



