18 O, Annual Address. [February, 1922. 
siderable importance. h 
I venture to hope that I shall not lay myself open to pe 
charge of partiality towards our Society if I maintain that the 
activities of our members justify a hope that its reputation 
will be well-maintained in the future. But 1 have heard it 
the State; many again are supported by liberal aid from 
public funds, while others flourish by reason of private munl 
sical, Geological, Zoological and Botanical, whose poles 
have attained a Teputation not surpassed by that of similar pu ‘ 
lications in anv civilised country. If we confine our attentio 
Annual Reports, distinct progress has been made with hice 
Memoirs, In that series, the one which arrests attention fo 




