The Royal Society of Western Australia (Inc.). 
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL EOR THE YEAR ENDING 
30th JUNE, 1944. 
Ladies aiul Gentlemen, 
Your Council begs to submit the following report for the year ending 
30tli June, 1944. 
Council . — Following established custom the Council appointed an Exe- 
cutive Committee to deal with the routine business of the Society, and to 
submit quarterly reports to the Council. 
Four meeting's of Council, and six meetings of the Executive were held 
during the year. 
Finance . — There is a credit balance of £174 16s. Ud. in the General 
Fund; the Endowment Fund amounts to £306 15s. 7d., and the Medal fund 
to £9 9s. There are certain heavy commitments outstanding to the Govern- 
ment Printer on account of the publication of Volume XXVIII of the 
Journal, and further liabilities ha/e been incurred with the printing of 
Volume XXIX, which is not yet complete. 
The cost of publication has greatly increased during the past year, 
owing to a sharp rise in the price of materials. 
Membership . — There has been a slight increase in the total membership 
of the Society, which now numbers 465, made up as follows:— 
Honorary Members . . • • • • • • 7 
Corresponding Members . . . . • • 9 
Life Members • • . . • • • • 2 
Ordinary Members .. .. • . •• 111 
Associate Members . . • • • • • • 30 
Student Members . . . . • • • • 6 
The names of seven Ordinary Members were 
during the year; one Associate transferred to full 
Ordinary Member resigned. 
added to the 
Membership : 
Register 
and one 
Journal. -Progress has been made in bringing the publication of the 
Journal up-to-date. During the year two volumes (XXVII and XXVIII) 
were distributed, and the publication of Volume XXIX is proceeding. 
It is proposed in future to publish the Journal in a number of parts, 
which may vary according to the quantity of matter presented for publi- 
cation. 
This will expedite publication, which is most desirable, particularly for 
taxonomic papers in the Biological Sciences. 
Library— The number of Institutions with which we have an exchange 
agreement remains the same as during the two preceding years. One Institu- 
tion has been forced by the present shortage of paper to restrict its circulation 
and has, therefore, had to cancel its agreement with this Society. To balance 
this we have agreed to reserve copies of our Journal for the Netherlands 
East Indies Library, with a view to an exchange agreement after the war. 
E. M. WATSON, President. 
A. G. NIC HOLES, K. R. MILES, 
Joint Hon. Secretaries, 
