ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



For the Year 1922. 



The Council herewith presents to Members of the Society the 

 Annual Report and Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the 

 past year. 



The following meetings were held: — 



March 9th. — Annual Meeting. 



The following Office-bearers retired by effluxion of time: — Pre- 

 sident, Professor Ewart; Vice-Presidents, F. Wise would. Professor 

 Laby; Hon. Treasurer, W. A. Hartnell; Hon. Librarian, A. S. Kenyon; 

 Hon. Secretary, J. A. Kershaw; Members of Council, Professor Skeats, 

 Professor Agar, Dr. Green, Messrs. Chapman, Herman, Shepherd. 



The following were elected :^ — 



President, F. Wisewould; Vice-Presidents, Professor Laby, Dr. 

 Baldwin; Hon. Treasurer, E. Kidson; Hon. Librarian, A. S. Kenyon; 

 Hon. Secretary, J. A. Kershaw; Members of Council, Professor Skeats, 

 Professor Agar, Dr. Green, Messrs. Chapman, Herman, Shepherd, Gray. 



The Annual Report of the Council, and Financial Statement were 

 read and adopted. 



At the close of the Annual Meeting, an ordinary meeting was 

 held. Exhibits: Professor E. W. Skeats showed glacial and other 

 rocks from Mt. Kosciusko, and gave a detailed account of their occur- 

 rence. Mr. F. Chapman showed an example of Callus in wood of the 

 Grey Box, probably induced by a fungus, and some remarkable Sea 

 Urchins recently added to the fossil collection of the National Museum. 

 Professor W. A. Osborne showed and described tests for Colour Blind- 

 ness. Professor T. H. Laby exhibited Double Thermo-couple for de- 

 termining Recalescence Temperature of Metals. Mr. R. T. Patton 

 showed examples of structure of wood of Moreton Bay Fig. 



Mr. George Lancelot Thirkell, B.Sc, and Mr. John Lloyd Strevens 

 ivere elected Members. 



April 20th. — Papers: (1) "New or Little-known Fossils in the 

 National Museum, Part 26. Some Tertiary MoUusca." By F. Chap- 

 man, A.L.S. (2) "On Coprosma Baueri, End." By John Shirley, D.Sc, 

 and C. A. Lambert. (3) " Description of a New Victorian Helichrj^- 

 sum." By H. B. Williamson. (4) "Notes on Some Australian 

 Asilidae (Diptera) in the National Museum." By G. H. Hardy. (5) 

 " Studies in Australian Lepidoptera." By A. Jefferis Turner, M.D., 

 F.E.S. 



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