ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1800. 



Ix submitting the first Annual Pieport of your Society, since its de- 

 signation has been changed from that of the Pliilosophical Institute 

 of Victoria to that of the Royal Society of Victoria, it is the pleasing 

 duty of your Council to announce that during the past year fifty-six 

 new members have been elected, of whom two were honorary and 

 fifty -four ordinary members. 



The roll of membership, as furnished by yinir Treasurer, contains 

 one hundred and fifty- three paying members for the year 1860, not 

 including those whom it h;is been deemed desirable to retain on the 

 suspense list. 



Your Treasurer's Report shows a balance of only j£lO 9s. 4d.; 

 but, in laying this statement before you, it is important to bear in 

 mind tlie large amount of business transacted by the Society, and 

 the important interests that have been entrusted to its administration 

 as well as the increased size of the volume and the number of illus- 

 trations in j'our '''Transactions," the publication of which has cost 

 the sum of £26i 9s. 3d., of which i:53 9s. 9d. yet remains unpaid. 



It is the duty of your Council to call the attention of members to 

 the importance of paying up tlieir subscriptions at the commence- 

 ment of the year, and thereby place the Treasurer in funds to meet 

 the neces.sary expenditure for carrying on the business of the Society. 

 The very large number now on the su.spense list have been placed 

 there most reluctantly, but the deficit in the funds was so considera- 

 ble, that your Council, at a meeting held December 12th, unani- 

 mously passed the folloAving resolution : — 



" That the names of all members whose subscriptions are for 1800 

 unpaid (except those elected in 18G0), and whose member.ship is 

 already forfeited, according to Rule XXV., be placed on a Suspense 

 List, and a notice sent to each, that if the subscriptions be not paid 

 by the 31.st day of tlie present month, their names sh.all be struck 

 from the roll of membership." 



