132 Proceedings, &a, for 1875. 



Mr. Kane referred to the great loss which the Society and the 

 colony had suffered by the death of Professor Wilson, and the 

 President stated that the observations of the Transit taken by 

 him (Professor Wilson) were of the utmost value. 



(Signed) R. L. J. Ellery. 



8th March, 1875. 

 The President, Mr. R. L. J. Ellery, in the chair. 



The election of office-bearers and members of the Council was 

 then held, with the following results : — President, Mr. R. L. J. Ellery; 

 Vice-Presidents, Mr. G. Foord and Professor McCoy ; Treasurer, 

 Mr. P. de J. Grut ; Librarian, Dr. J. E. Neild ; Secretary, Mr. F. J. 

 Pirani ; Members of Council, Mr. A. C. Allan, Mr. E. Howitt, Mr. 

 S. W. McGowan, Mr. E. Poolman, Mr. J. T. Pvudall, Mr. E. J. White. 



Twelve months' leave of absence were, by unanimous resolve, 

 granted to the President. 



The Annual Report of the Council was then read and adopted. 



The Balance-sheet and Statement of Assets and Liabilities were 

 then read, and their adoption moved by Mr. G. Foord, seconded by 

 Mr. E. J. White. 



An amendment, moved by Mr. A. K. Smith and secondedjhy 

 Mr. T. Rawlinson, that the Treasurer be instructed to insert in the 

 Statement of Assets and Liabilities a debt of £217 due to the 

 Publishing Fund was, after considerable discussion, abandoned, on 

 the understanding that the subject of the Publishing Fund would be 

 immediately dealt with by the Council. The Balance-sheet and 

 Statement of Assets and Liabilities were then adopted. 



The Report, Balance-sheet, &c, were as follows : — 



Annual Report. 



Your Council has the honor to report that since last Annual 

 Meeting Vol. XL of the Transactions has been printed and issued. 

 Since the issue of that volume it has been determined to print each 

 paper in pamphlet form, as soon as possible after it has been read 

 before the Society, a course which it is considered will prove 

 convenient both to members reading papers and to the Society 

 generally. As soon as a sufficient number of the papers have been 

 printed, they will be published collectively to form Vol. XII. 



The papers read since last Annual Meeting are as follows : — On 

 the 10th April, Mr. Sydney Gibbons read a paper " On the disposal 

 and utilization of Excreta." On the 11th May, Mr. R. L. J. 

 Ellery read a paper " On the forthcoming Transit of Venus." On 

 the 8th June, the Secretary read a paper by Mr. D. Kennedy " On 

 a late Extraordinary Escape of a Miner from Drowning ; " and one 

 by Mr. R. Etheiidge " On the Sand Dunes of the Coast of Victoria." 



