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ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS 



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Mr. R L. J. ELLERY, F.RA.S., Government Astronomer. 



[Delivered to the Members of the Eoyal Society, at their Annual 

 Conversazione, held on July 10, 1870.] 



Gentlemen of the Royal Society of Victoria, 



We meet to-night to inangurate the 15th session. The 



last occasion upon which I had the honour to deliver an 



annual address was in March, ^ 868. This gap in the usual 



order of things was brought about by the alterations in the 



building, which occupied many months last year. 



During the past two sessions we have held 24 ordinary 



meetings, at which many very valuable and interesting 



papers were read, of which eight pertained to physical 



science ; seven to geology, mineralogy, and palaeontology ; 



one to natural history ; three to medical science ; one to 



social science ; and four to arts and manufactures. 



The first part of the volume containing the transactions of 



the Society during the first half of 1868 has been published. 



I regret, however, to state that, owing to the great draft on 



our funds occasioned by the alterations in the building and 



furnishing, the printing has been in abeyance. 



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