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ANNUAL REPORT OF 
'FH!' ROVAT. SOCIETY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 
FOR THE SESSION 11)15-1910. 
Ladies and Gentlemen. — 
Vonr Council beg to submit the Annual Report and Financial 
Statement for the year ended June 00, 1910. 
The number of members on the roll is now ST, as against 85 
last year. Of these 59 are Ordinary I\Iembers, 19 Associates, 1 a 
Corresponding Member, and 8 Honorary IMembers. During the 
year 8 i\l embers, d Associates and a Corresponding IMember were 
elected; 1 Member and 2 Associate" resigned, and the name of 4 
Associates were removed from the list in accordance with Rule 12 . 
4'he Council have also to record with deep regret the deaths of two 
meml^ers. Lieut. A. J. Robertson. M.Sc.. was killed in action at 
Galli])oli on August (I. 1915, and the Hon. Sir J, Winthroi) Hackett. 
L.L.D.. M.L.C., K.C.M.G.. died on February 19, 1910. 
The Council has met 15 times during the year, and the atten- 
dance of its meml>ers has been as follows: — Mr. Allum, 15; Mr. 
Simpson. 14; Air. Alexander, 14; Air. Alontgomery. 13; Air. 
Hancock. 13: Air. Alaitland, Id; Prof. Ross. 11; Air. Curlewis, 10; 
Mr. Sutton. 10; Air. Watkins, 10; Prof. Dakin, 8; Dr. Stoward, 8. 
The Ordinary Aleetings of the Society have been regularly 
held, and the following members have contributed papers or given 
addresses — ^Profs. Ross and Dakin, and Alessrs. Allum. Simpson. 
Jiitson, Downes. Alexander, and Alontgomery. The lOecemljer 
meeting, as last year, took the form of a conversazione, at which 
a number of interesting exhibits were on view. 
In April, the proldem of finding suitable accommodation for 
the Society, which had for a long time past occupied the attention 
of the Council, was solved by the kindness of the Trustees of the 
Museum, who granted the Society the use of the old lecture-room 
and a small adjoining room in the basement of the Aluseum. At 
the same time the Council purchased new bookshelves, so that the 
Society's lihrar>- is now adequately housed, and availalile for 
reference. Alany loose volumes however, urgently need binding. 
During the year, the Council arranged to inulertakc the work 
of cataloguing all scientific papers published in the State for the 
International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, and those pub- 
lished during 1914 and 1915 have been dealt with by members of the 
Society having special knowledge of the different subjects, and 
cards despatched to London. 
