ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS. 3 
" five in the Microscopical Section, one to Fine Arts Section, several 
read to the Medical Section (number not given in Report), two to 
the Sanitary Section ; besides which, a great deal of useful work 
was done in the Sections, and several of them formed a basis on 
which they will be able to increase their usefulness during this 
session. : 
The work done by our Sections was therefore considerable, and 
will appear still more so, if it is borne in mind that, owing to the 
time lost in preliminary arrangements, they could not begin until 
July. ; 
When it was announced at our last Annual Meeting that Sec- 
tions would be formed, some of the most sanguine amongst us 
thought that not more than three or four could be formed on a 
working basis; and I confess that I was not a little surprised 
when seven out of the nine proposed were formed. Surely no 
better proof could be desired, that the wish to be at work was 
increasing amongst us. And the progress made last session justi- 
fies the hope that, during the one on which we are entering, much 
more will be accomplished. There are amongst us, no doubt, many 
workers who have not the leisure required to prepare such a 
formal paper as the Royal Society requires, who will find. in the 
Sections ample opportunity for bringing their work forward. 
And, if I may venture to make a suggestion on this subject, it is 
that they should devote themselves specially to such facts and 
phenomena as are peculiar to Australia, for by so doimg our 
Journal will become of very great value in the estimation of those 
to whom we send it in exchange for the valuable works which 
they publish. 
The Report has justly reminded you of the obligation we are 
under owing to the liberality of our Government in printing our 
Journal; but I cannot let the allusion pass without calling your 
attention to the difficulty there is in getting much of the technical 
matter we publish through the Press, and the obligation we owe 
both to Mr. T. Richards, G t Printer, d to Mr. C. Potter, 
Acting Government Printer, for their uniform courtesy and atten- 
tion to our wants while getting the Journal through the Press. 
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