12 PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. 
The Society has subscribed to forty-eight scientific journals and 
periodicals, and has purchased 390 vols., at a cost of £260 14s. 5d., 
amongst the most important of which are the following complete 
series from the commencement :— 
Annals of Natural History, Series 1, 2, 3, 4. 76 vols. 
Catalogue of the Pathological Department, Royal College of 
Surgeons, 7 vols. 
Medico-Chirurgical Society—Transactions, vols. 1, 64, 68. 
Obstetrical Society—Transactions, vols. 1, 23, 2 
Pathological Society—Transactions, vols. 1, 32 BE 
Petermann’s Mittheilungen Geographie, vols. i 25, 
Reports of the Medical Officer of the Local Board of ante 
London, 1858-1885, 17 vols. 
Scientific American (2nd series), vols. 1-39. 
Zoological Society—Proceedings (coloured plates), 1830- 
1883, 55 vols. 
During the past session the Society held eight meetings, at 
which the following papers were read, viz. :— 
1885, 
6 May. Presidential Address, by H. C. Russell, B.A., 
3 June. Noteson Flying Machines, by Lawrence Hargrave. 
8 Ona System of Accurate Measurement by means 
of long steel Ribands, by G. H. Knibbs. 
1 July. Local variations and vibrations of the Earth’s 
surface, by H. C. Russell, B.A.,F.R.A.S. 
5 Aug. Some causes of the decay of the Australian 
Forests, by Rev. Peter MacPherson, M.A. 
2 Sept. The History of Floods in the Hawkesbury River, 
by J. P. Josephson, A.M.I.C.E. 
7 Oct. The Ringal of the North-western Himalaya, by 
Dr. Brandis, F.R.S. (Communicated by Baron von 
. Mueller, K.C.M.G.) 
4 Nov. Notes on experiments in mounting the Amphi- 
pleura pellucida in media having a higher refractive 
index than Canada Balsam, by William Morris, Fel 
Fac. Phys. and Surg. Glas., F.R.M.S., Lond. 
