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ANNUAL REPORT OF 
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 
FOR THE SESSION 1913-14. 
Ladies and Gentlemen, — 
l our Council begs to submit the Annual Report and Financial 
Statement for the year ended 30th June, 1914. 
As stated in the last Annual Report, steps were taken to obtain 
the assent of His Majesty the King to a change of title from “The 
Natural History and Science Society of Western Australia” to that 
of “The Royal Society of Western Australia.” In November, 1913, 
the Royal assent was received, and on 10th March, 1914, a new set 
of rules was adopted by a general meeting of members and the 
change of title formally made. Resolutions carried at the same 
meeting provided for the continuity of membership and finances, so 
that the records of the last months of the old Society and the first 
few months of the new one may fitly be dealt with in a single report. 
The movement to found a Royal Society in Western Australia 
dates back many years, and the Council feels it a matter of con- 
gratulation that the Society has at length come into line with those 
of the other States. It remains to add that in March, 1914, notifica- 
tion was received from His Excellency the Governor that His Majesty 
the King had graciously consented to become Patron of the Society, 
while in the following month His Excellency Major-General Sir 
Plarry Barron was elected Vice-Patron. 
The Society’s credit balance, which stood at £5 6s. Id. at the 
beginning of the financial year, is now £19 2s. Id. At the beginning 
of the year there was an unpaid account for printing of £31 11s. 
lid., while at its close there are no outstanding accounts. To a 
timely and generous grant by the Government of £50, obtained at the 
instance of Mr. Walter Dwyer, M.L.A., the Parliamentary repre- 
sentative of Perth, this satisfactory position is mainly due. 
The number of members on the roll is 112, and until these are 
definitely classified under the new Rules they may be grouped as 
paying members 104 and honorary members 8. Dr. Alex. Morrison, 
one of the honorary members, died in December, 1913. His admir- 
able work in botany and his devotion to the Society from its early 
days, both during and after his tenure of the position of Government 
Botanist of Western Australia, render his death, at a time when his 
scientific capacities were still unimpaired, deeply regrettable. 
Twelve ordinary members resigned from the Society, one died, and 
twelve new members were elected. 
The Council has met 13 times during the year. At the first 
meeting of the new Council Professor W. J. Dakin and Mr. A. Gibb 
Maitland were appointed Editors of the Journal, and Mr. M. A. 
