TRANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
ovul Pociety of Victoria. 
Anniversary Address of the President, 
Mr. R. L. J. Every, F.R.AS., Government hedhamaame 
{Delivered to the Members of the Royal Society, at the Anniversary 
: Meeting, held on the 4th March, 1867.] 
Your EXcELLENCY, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE ROYAL 
SOCIETY, 
We meet to-night to inaugurate a new session of the 
Royal Society of Victoria, the twelfth of its existence ; and 
as you have done me the great honour to re-elect me as your 
President, it now becomes my duty, according to custom, 
to address you on the past year’s history and progress of our 
Society, and to briefly review the labours and progress of 
our public scientific institutions. 
During the session 1866, the Society held twelve ordinary 
meetings, at which were read fourteen original papers and 
communications. The first paper was a brief one by myself, 
“On Atmospheric Ozone,” combined with some tables, the re- 
sults of observations in various parts of the colony. A paper 
was also read by Mr. Ligar, giving an account of the ex- 
traction of alcohol, sugar, and resin from the grass-tree. 
