XI 11. 
By Mr. S. K. Montgomery : Animals thrown up on the sea 
beach. 
By Mr. A. (' ayzer : West Australian sea-weeds. 
By Mr. J. (lark: Ant-nest beetles. 
By Mr. G. L. Sutton : (1) Four new varieties of wheat. (2) 
Cotton grown at Derbv and Hamel. (3) Flax and millet 
from Derby. 
By Mr. L. J . Newman : Destructive insects. 
By Mr. W. B. 1 lexander : Birds peculiar to South-West Aus- 
tralia. 
By Mr. E. de (. Clarke and Dr. Simpson : Aluminium ores 
from Western Australia. 
By Dr. Simpson: Glass sands from the metropolitan area. 
Interesting* art craft exhibits were lent by Miss Creetli, Mrs. 
Hancock , Mrs. Baton , Mrs. Montgomery, and Mr. Creeth . 
Mr. Shelton also had on view a collection of medals, de- 
corations and photographs taken from a Turkish officer 
in the Palestine campaign. 
8th July 9 1919: The Financial Statement for the year ended the 
30th June, 1919. was presented and read by the Hon. Treasurer, 
and the Annual Report was presented and read by the Hon. Secre- 
tary. The nominations for the office-bearers for the ensuing* year 
were announced. These coincided with the number of vacancies 
and the persons named were therefore declared duly elected. These 
names were: — 
President — Mr. G. L. Sutton. 
Vice-Presidents — Dr. E. S. Simpson and Mr. C. E. Lane- 
Poole. 
Secretary — Mr. W. B. Alexander. 
Treasurer — Mr. F. E. Allum. 
Librarian — Mr. W. E. Shelton. 
Members of Council — Professor A. D. Ross, Professor W. J. 
Dakin, Mr. A. Montgomery, Mr. E. de 
C. Clarke, and Mr. W. A, Saw, 
Ex-President — Mr. W. J. Hancock. 
The retiring’ President (Mr. Hancock) called special attention 
to the work which had been done for the Society by Mrs. Dakin dur- 
ing the three years that Mr. Alexander had been away from this 
State, and emphasised the indebtedness of the members to that lady 
for conducting the Secretarial duties for so long a time. 
Mr. Alexander gave an address on the Birds peculiar to South- 
West Australia , illustrated by mounted specimens and skins. He 
stated that out of 178 species of birds only 13 were endemic, and of 
these the majority were nearly related to species found in South- 
East Australia. The latter had a much greater number of peculiar 
species and it must be regarded as the centre of origin of the remark- 
able avifauna of Australia. The subject was discussed by Dr. Simp- 
son, Mr. Hancock and Mr. Saw. 
