IX: 
ROYAL 
SOCIETY OR WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 
innual Report for the Year 1918-19* 
Ladies and Gentlemen — 
Your Council beg to submit the annual report for the year 
ending 30th June, 1919. 
During the year eight new members and four associate mem- 
bers were elected and four resigned. 
A communication was received from the Royal Society of New 
South Wales conveying a request from the Royal Society of London 
that a conference of Royal Societies of Australia should be held 
concerning matters of interest, and inviting this Society to send dele- 
gates to a conference to be held in July at Sydney. The Council 
telegraphed to Mr. Maiden of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, and 
Professor Cooke, of the Sydney Observatory, asking them to repre- 
sent our Society and both these members agreed to represent our 
Society at the conference. 
During the year there were eleven meeting's of the Council, and 
the attendance of members was as follows: — Mr. Hancock 8, Mr. 
Sutton 8, Mr. Simpson 8, Mr. Shelton 10, Mr. Allum 10, Mr. Mont- 
gomery 7, Professor Ross 9, Professor Dakin 7, Dr. Paton 2, Mr. 
Lane-Poole 2, and Mrs. Dakin (secretary) 9. 
We record with regret the death of Lord Forrest who was one 
of the honorary members of the Society. 
Since the last Annual Meeting Mr. W. E. Shelton, B.Sc., has 
accepted the position of Librarian left vacant by the departure of 
Dr. Stoward for the Eastern States. 
The Treasurer's Report shows a credit balance of £36 5s. 4d. 
on the 30th June, 1919. 
Ihe Publication Committee for the year comprised the Presi- 
dent, Mr. W. J. Hancock, and Messrs. Montgomery, Allum, and 
Shelton. During the year Volumes 111. and IV. have been published 
and issued to members. 
The List of Library Exchanges has been revised and extended, 
and the Council hopes that this will result in many additions of 
value, and will be of interest to members. 
There were nine General Meetings held during the year and the 
following papers have been given: — 
L The Physiographic Elements of the Swan Coastal Plain, 
by Professor W. G. \\ r oolnough, D.Sc. 
2. Causes which led to the colonisation oE Western Australia,, 
by J. S. Lattve (by invitation of the Council). 
