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their members how to become ultimately working Fellows and 

 leaders in the parent Society. 



During the past year the library has been enriched by 

 numerous additional works and the proceedings of the various 

 scientific Societies. Amongst other books may be mentioned the 

 "Iconography of Australian Species of Acacia and Cognate 

 Genera" (eight decades), by Baron v. Mueller; "Descriptive 

 Catalogue of the Meclus?e of Australian Seas," l3y B. von 

 Lendenfeld ; " Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 

 Harvard College;" "Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of 

 Ethnology, Smithsonian Institute;" "The U.S. Geological 

 Surveys, Monographs;" and the " Eucalypts of Australia," by 

 Baron v. Mueller. 



The Council has continued to authorise the execution of more 

 plates to illustrate the second part of Prof. Tate's paper on the 

 " Gastropods of the Older Tertiary of Australia." It is a matter 

 for congratulation that Prof. Tate's labours have enabled the 

 Council to expend the money in so advantageous a manner. 



Your Council also thinks that it is matter for great satisfac- 

 tion that one of our Fellows (Dr. Whittell) was able from his 

 position as President of the Central Board of Health, to com- 

 pletely disprove the opinion advanced by Dr. Jamieson, of Mel- 

 bourne, viz., that the deep-drainage of the City of Adelaide was 

 not the success it was thought to be as a factor in diminishing 

 the mortality rate. Not only is the matter an important one to 

 the City of Adelai'de itself, but also as helping to strengthen the 

 hands of the Executive in places not yet provided with the same 

 admirable system. 



The Council has deemed it advisable to cause certain volumes 

 of the Society's "Proceedings" (Nos. 1, 5, 6) to be withdrawn 

 from sale on account of the limited number of copies on hand. 

 In future these volumes will not be parted with, unless the 

 special permission of the Council has been obtained. A uniform 

 price has also been fixed for the other annual volumes, which can 

 always be obtained from the Secretary. 



The Council cannot refrain from alluding to the fact that the 

 first meeting of the Australian Association of Science, lately held 

 in Sydney, has now become a matter of history. It is also 

 gratifying to note that the various Fellows of this Society took a 

 prominent part in the inaugural proceedings, Prof. Rennie being 

 a Vice-President, Prof. Tate the President of the Biological Sec- 

 tion, and Prof. Bragg holding the important position of repre- 

 sentative delegate on the Council. 



The Society will be pleased to note from the Hon. Treasurer's 

 statement that the receipts this year have been larger than for 

 any previous one. 



