ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS. 15 



■Colony, as well as of Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, 

 New Zealand, and Tasmania, are equally with us in object and 

 -aim. The twelve yearly volumes of the Linnean Society of New 

 South Wales afford a rich store of contributions to the Natural 

 History of Australasia, including work of special value, as if 

 embraces much original research. 



The recently formed Economic Association, of which Dr. 

 Maclaurin, Vice-Chancellor of the Sydney University, is 

 President, is one which should exercise much good influence upon 

 the present national growth of this country, its object being the 

 discussion of questions arising out of the Science of Economics. 



The Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 

 may now be considered established, and promise is given of its 

 operations being attended with great success. Thirty learned and 

 Scientific Societies in the different Colonies have joined the 

 Association, and the majority have appoints d delegates to 

 represent them on the General Council. It is expected that all 

 the Societies which have not yet joined will do so before the 

 General Meeting. A satisfactory list of papers lias already been 

 received, and many other papers have been promised. A 

 Reception Committee has been formed, and the Sectional 

 Committees will shortly be appointed. The Eirst General 

 Meeting will take place at the Sydney University about the end 

 of August, and if possible the succeeding Meetings will take 

 place in turn in the Capitals of the other Coloni. ?. 



It would be impossible to institute a compt. ison as to the 

 relative value of the work undertaken by the Sections of the 

 Society : the work of each is essential, as a part, for the completion 

 of the whole. Bat it cannot be denied that there is not a more 

 important field for scientific investigation than that in which the 

 members of the Medical and Sanitary Sections are engaged. The 

 Medical Section, of which Dr. P. Sydney Jones ls chairman, has 

 been energetically at work. It would be presumption on the part 

 of one like myself, occupied with the investigation of geological 

 phenomena, to attempt to review the labours of those who are 



