1883, 



PROCEEDINGS, 



EOYAL SOCIETY OF VICTOKIA. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 

 March 13th, 1884. 



Present, the President (in the chair) and 40 members and 

 associates. 



The Report and Balance-sheet for 1883 were read and adopted, 

 as follow : — 



" Report of the Council of the Royal Society of Victoria for the 



Year 1883. 



" Your Council has again the pleasure of reporting the termina- 

 tion of a very satisfactory year. In the number of its Members, in 

 its finances, in the scientific activity of the working portion of its 

 Members, it has been throughout the year in a flourishing condition ; 

 but there is reason to regret that so small a number are to be found 

 among the list of contributors, for many who have both the ability 

 and the opportunity seldom or never add to the real work of the 

 Society by the contribution of Papers. 



" During the year we received for our library 91 volumes and 547 

 parts of scientific publications, issued by learned and scientific bodies 

 throughout the world. In exchange, we have forwarded our Annual 

 Volume to 127 societies and institutions. 



" The Crown Grant of the land on which the Society's Hall is 

 situated is now issued, and is in the possession of the Society. 



"During the year there have been elected 15 Members and 32 

 Associates. Hyde Clarke, Esq., was elected a Corresponding Mem- 

 ber, and Dr. Edward Davy, who has recently been acknowledged 

 as one of the originators of the Electric Telegraph, was elected an 

 Honorary Member. 



