18 PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. 
18.—On the Iron Ore Deposits of New South Wales. The 
Society’s Medal and £25, 
19.—List of the Marine Fauna of Port Jackson, with descriptive 
notes as to habits, distribution, &c. The Society’s 
Medal and £25. 
Series VI.—To be sent in not later than Ist May, 1887. 
No. 20.—On the Silver Ore Deposits of New South Wales. The 
Society’s Medal and £25. 
21.—Origin and mode of occurrence of Gold-bearing Veins and 
of the associated Minerals. The Society’s Medal and 
£25. 
22.—Influences of the Australian Climate i ing modifica- 
tions of Diseases. The Society’s Medal and £25, 
23.—On the Infusoria peculiar to Australia. The Society’s 
* Medal and £25 
Series VII.—To be sent in not later than Ist May, 1838. 
No. 24.—Anatomy and Life History of the Echidna and Platypus. 
The Society’s Medal and £25. 
25.—Anatomy and Life History of ae peculiar to Australia. 
The Society’s Medal and £ 
26.—The chemical composition of we products from the so- 
called Kerosene Shale of New South Wales. The 
Society’s Medal and £25. 
This Society also tries to encourage scientific research by offering 
money grants under the usual conditions, but up to the present 
there have not been applicants for such assistance. This may be 
partly due to the offer not being sufficiently known, but in some 
instances would-be applicants have refrained from applying, since 
they feel that the Society cannot well afford to do more than it 
does in offering the £100 a year for special prizes. 
The Microscopical Section has a wide field before it ; and many 
of its members, who are not already contributors, have the 
necessary ability and appliances for doing some good original 
work, and I am confident that they could do much if they would 
only take up some definite line of investigation. I know that in 
some cases the non-production of papers is due to a feeling of 
diffidence ; and an idea that such work can only be performed by 
those who have undergone a special training, but this is not 
