XV. 
PROCEEDINGS 
* 
OF 
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 
April 21, 1914. — Prof. W. J. Dakin, President, in the Chair. It 
was announced that His Majesty the King had graciously consented 
to become Patron of the Society. His Excellency the Governor, Sir 
Harry Barron, was unanimously elected Vice-Patron. Captain F. 
Johnston was elected an Ordinary Member and the Rev. E. R. 
Gribble an Associate. 
Mr. M. A. Browne laid upon the table a paper entitled “The 
Approximate Summation of Series in which each Term is a Function 
of the Corresponding Term of an Arithmetical Progression!’ Mr. 
W. B. Alexander read a paper entitled “On a Stomatopod new to 
Australia, with a list of the Western Australian species of the 
Order,” and exhibited specimens of the species referred to. 
Mr. E. S. Simpson exhibited specimens of molybdenite from 
near Swan View. Prof. A. D. Ross exhibited several meteorites, 
rough and in section. Mr. W. D. Campbell exhibited a set of 
“Napier’s bones,” spiders from Minginew, and objects of ethnological 
interest from the Pacific Islands. 
May 12, 1914. — Prof. W. J. Dakin, President, in the Chair. Mr. 
T. Blatchford, B.A., and Mr. H. W. B. Talbot were elected Ordinary 
Members. Prof. A. D. Ross delivered a lecture on “Artificial 
Lighting — Past, Present, and Future.” 
June 9, 1914. — Prof. W. J. Dakin, President, in the Chair. Mr. 
J. T. Jutson was elected an Ordinary Member, and Miss M. C. Jolly, 
M.A., an Associate. The President delivered his Anniversary 
Address on the subject of “'Marine Biology in Western Australia.” 
After the address the President and Mrs. Dakin held an informal 
recejDtion. 
July 14, 1914. — Annual Business Meeting. Prof. W. J. Dakin, 
President, in the Chair. Mr. E. de C. Clarke, M.A., Mr. C. S. Hon- 
man, B.M.E., Mrs. C. M. G. Dakin, B.Sc., Mrs. A. D. Ross, B.Sc., 
and Mr. R. H. B. Downes were elected Ordinary Members, and Miss 
E. Conning an Associate. 
The President announced some facts about Peripatus which 
had been learnt since his communication in August, 1913. 
The Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the year ended 
June 30, 1914, duly audited, w r as read and adopted. 
The Council’s Annual Report for the same period was read by 
the Secretary and adopted. 
The election of officers for the ensuing year was carried out. 
