Vll. 
Copy of a letter dated from Government House, Perth, on June 30, 
1913, and addressed to the Honorary Secretary of the Natural 
History and Science Society of Western Australia. 
Dear Sir, 
I am desired by the Governor to acknowledge receipt of your 
letter dated 27th instant, transmitting a Memorial from the Mem- 
bers of the Natural History and Science Society of Western Aus- 
tralia to His Majesty the King, together with a bound copy of the 
last three numbers of the Society’s Journal. 
His Excellency wishes ,me also to express his grateful thanks 
for the duplicate copy of the Society’s Journal, which he has per- 
used with great interest. 
Yours faithfully, 
(Signed) H. CADELL, 
Major, 
Private Secretary. 
Copy of a letter dated from Government House, Perth, on Novem- 
ber 18 th, 1913, and addressed to the President of the Natural 
History and Science Society of Western Australia. 
Sir, 
I am directed by Elis Excellency the Governor to inform you 
that His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to accede to 
the application of the Natural History and Science Society of West- 
ern Australia for permission to assume the title “The Royal Society 
of Western Australia.” 
I have the honour to be, 
Sir, 
Your obedient Servant, 
(Signed) H. F. WILKINSON, 
Major, 
Private Secretary. 
