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Polar regions published as a set of special Memoirs of our 

 Society ; but circumstances seemed adverse, and they 

 would probably appear as a work unassociated with any 

 particular institution. But in whatever form they might be 

 made known to the scientific world, and preserved to pos- 

 terity, we should look forward with great interest to their 

 completion and publication. He could not refrain from 

 making a few remarks about our last volume of Transactions 

 and Proceedings, the largest the Society had ever issued," 

 with nearly 900 pages of printed matter and 70 plates, 

 besides many figures in the text. Several papers were purely 

 technical, of considerable length, and necessarily of interest 

 only to those studying the same departments of science; but 

 they represented an immense amount of industry and research, 

 were of incalculable value, and would be consulted as long as 

 science endured. There were others of considerable interest 

 to general readers, such as those on the expedition to the 

 Everard and Musgrave Ranges, and the ethnology of one 

 part of New Guinea, enlivened and explained by numerous 

 accompanying photographs. Altogether we might be grati- 

 fied with the production of the past year, and would hope 

 to have a similar volume, as large and as interesting, to 

 distribute at the end of 1916. 



The Hon. Secretary reported that the first grant in 



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aid of scientific research, in accordance with the circular 

 issued in 1913, had been made by the Council to Mr. G. H. 

 Hardy, of the Tasmanian Museum, for investigations into the 

 Flight of Birds. 



The President reported that the Committee appointed 

 on November 11, 1915, to deal with the resolution with regard 

 to the management of the Botanic Garden had decided that 

 the time was not then quite opportune for taking action. 

 Later on the question was raised again in the Council, who 

 decided that some suggestions laid before them should be 

 supported, and a letter to that effect was forwarded to the 

 Hon. Commissioner of Crown Lands. 



Nominations. — William Ray, M.B., B.Sc, Victoria 

 Square, and H. Lipson Hancock, Manager of Wallaroo and 

 Moonta Mining and Smelting Company, Moonta Mines, were 

 nominated as Fellows. 



Exhibits. — Mr. Edwin Ashby, M.B.O.U., exhibited 

 the following bird skins collected in the mallee, near 



