ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



For the Year 1920. 



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 11th: — Annual Meeting. 



The following office-bearers retired by effluxion of time: 

 President, J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S. ; Vice-Presidents, Professor 

 Ewart and F. Wisewould ; Hon. Treasurer, W. A. Hartnell ; Hon. 

 Librarian, Dr. Griffith Taylor ; Hon. Secretary, Professor Ewart ; 

 Members of Council, Professor Skeats, Professor Laby and 

 Messrs. Chapman, Herman, Shephard and Sweet. 



The following were elected : President, Professor Ewart ; Vice- 

 Presidents, F. Wisewould and Professor Laby; Hon. Treasurer, 

 W. A. Hartnell; Hon. Librarian, Dr. Griffith Taylor; Hon. Sec- 

 retary, J. A. Kershaw ; Members of Council, Professor Skeats, 

 Professor Laby, and Messrs. Chapman, Herman, Shephard and 

 Sweet. 



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. Papers read : ( 1 ) " New Australian 

 Tabanidae, with notes on previously described species," 

 t>y E. W. Ferguson, M.B., Ch.M. ; (2) " Description 

 of a New Species of Mochlonyx from Australia," by E. 

 W. Ferguson, M.B., Ch.M. Exhibit: Dr. E. F. J. Love showed 

 a simple model, illustrating some phenomena of Resonance and 

 Polarisation. Mr. Barkley showed photographs of the Christmas 

 Meteor, which fell at Penshurst, Western District, in 1917; 

 specimens of Eucalyptus Luehmani, and colour photographs of 

 same ; example of penetration caused by extreme wind force, 

 showing a hardwood picket, in which a small piece of galvanised 

 iron had penetrated its entire width ; meteorological maps, show- 

 ing — (1) Wet season rainfall; (2) evaporation; (3) snow falls; 

 (4) wet season maps. Mr. Chapman showed specimens of 

 Travertine, from Yass, New South Wales. 



