Proceedings, &c., 1865. 105 



" In the early part of the Session, your Council, having received 

 " information that the Government had, through Parliament, made 

 " provision to defray the cost of publishing the Society's arrears of 

 " Transactions, lost no time in realizing so desirable a result as the 

 " issue of those papers which, up to that time, had not been pub- 

 " lished. By this means Volume YI. was issued in the early part of 

 *' the Session to the Members, and copies distributed to the various 

 " scientific societies at home and abroad with which this Society is 

 " in communication. 



" At the beginning of the Session, your Council hoped to have 

 '* been enabled to place their current Transactions before you in a 

 " permanent form, either in parts or complete, during the current 

 " year ; but owing to the non-payment of the subsidy voted by 

 " Parliament, they have deemed it more prudent to wait until the 

 " present liabilites for printing are satisfied before incurring any 

 " further debts. In all other respects the financial condition of the 

 " Society is satisfactory, as may be seen by reference to the 

 " Treasurer's Balance-Sheet, the working expenses of the Society 

 " having been reduced during the past year. At the request of your 

 " Council, the Treasurer appointed a Collecter to obtain arrears of 

 " Subscriptions from Members, and the results have been satisfactory. 

 " Some few of the old Members who had fallen into arrear have 

 " chosen to terminate their connection with the Society, but their 

 " places have been more than filled by the accession of new Members 

 " during the year. In this respect the anticipations of your Council 

 " have been more than realized — four Ordinary Members and one 

 " Subscriber to the Publishing Fund have elected to become Life 

 " Members, whilst the roll of Ordinary Members has been increased 

 " by the addition of nineteen new names. 



" Dr. Yon Martins and Dr. Schultz were unanimously elected 

 " Honorary Members of the Society, in acknowledgment of their 

 " valuable aid to science, and as a mark of the esteem in which they 

 " are held by the Society, for the valuable contributions received 

 " through them from time to time. 



" During the year correspondence has been opened with, and our 

 " Transactions forwarded to, the Scientific Society of Batavia, to the 

 " Italian Minister of Public Instruction, to the Irish Statistical 

 ' ' Society, and the Society of Naval Architects. 



" The usual presentation copies of our Transactions have been 

 " forwarded, and eighty other copies sent to corresponding scientific 

 " and public societies, and to Life and Honorary Members residing 

 " abroad. 



*' Your Council has received an intimation through His Excellency, 

 " that Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept Yol. YL 

 " of the Transactions of the Eoyal Society of Victoria^ and expressed 

 " her appreciation of the present. Also your Council has received 



