XXll. 
ANNUAL REPORT OF 
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 
FOR THE SESSION 1914-1915. 
Ladies and Gentlemen, — 
Your Council beg to submit the Annual Report and Financial 
Statement for the year ended June 30, 1915. The Society’s credit 
balance, which stood at £19 2s. Id. at the beginning of the financial 
year, is now 3s. 2d., with an outstanding account of £21 due to 
Messrs. Y. K. Jones for printing. This results from the fact that 
the Government were unable to make any grant to the Society this 
year. The Government Printer has, however, been authorised to 
print the Society’s Journal for the year 1914-15 free of charge, and 
this concession will allow the Society to recover its financial 
stability as soon as the subscriptions which became due on July 1st 
have been received. 
The number of members on the roll is now 85, of whom 12 
ordinary members and one associate have been elected during the 
year. Five associates have resigned their membership, and the list 
is further diminished by the fact that several members of the pre- 
existing Natural History and Science Society have failed to register 
themselves as members of the Royal Society. 
Of the 85 members, eight are honorary members, 47 ordinary 
members, 29 associates, and one a student member. 
The Council has met 11 times during the year, and the attend- 
ance of its members has been as follows:— Mr. Watkins, 10; Mr. 
East, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Alexander, 9; Mr. Curlewis, Mr. Hancock, 
8; Mr. Montgomery, Prof. Ross, 7; Prof. Dakin, 6; Mr. Gibb 
Maitland, 4; Mr. Woodward, 3 (out of 4). 
At the first meeting of the Council Mr. M. A. Browne tendered 
his resignation as Hon. Secretary as he was leaving Perth. This 
was accepted with regret and it was decided that an expression of 
fhe Council’s appreciation of the many services rendered by Mr. 
Browne to the Society should be placed on record in the minutes and 
conveyed to Mr. Browne. Mr. W. B. Alexander was appointed Hon. 
Secretary and Mr. B. H. Woodward elected to the Council to fill 
the vacancy thus caused. Mr. E. S ? Simpson agreed to act as 
Secretary until Mr. Alexander returned to the State. On October 
13th Mr. Alexander was appointed to fill Mr. Browne’s position as 
co-editor of the Journal. On December 10th Mr. Woodward was 
granted leave of absence for the rest of the financial year. 
Nine general meetings have been held during the year at which 
13 papers, in addition to the Presidential Address, were read or laid 
upon the table. The meeting of December 8th took the form of a 
conversazione, at which 11 members and one visitor had exhibits on 
