9 
Report for the Year 1908-9. 
Your Council has great pleasure in submitting the Annual 
Report and Balance Sheet for the session ending June 30th, 1909. 
The decline in membership, which has been an unhappy 
feature in the year, has not continued during the period under 
review ; on June 30th, 1908, there were 48 Ordinary and 11 
Honorary members, making a total of 59- Owing to resignation, 
two names were removed from the list on July 1st, 1908, so that 
the session commenced with 57 ; during the year 23 new members 
were elected, so that on June 30th last there were 80 names on 
the roll, making a nett increase of 21. 
During the year the Council met nine times and there were 
thirteen General Meetings, including four excursions, being an 
increase of four in the number of Council meetings and eight in 
the number of General meetings. 
The contributions read at meetings included the following 
July Annual Meeting. 
Mr. T. N. Lee, M.A., “ The Corals and Physio- 
graphical features of the Abrolhos Islands.” 
Mr. C. Price Conigrave, “ The Fauna of the Abrolhos 
Islands.” 
August . — Numerous short contributions. 
Mr. H. M. Giles, F.E.S., “ Dragon Flies of S.W. 
Australia,” by Mr. R. J. Tillyard, of Sydney, 
N.S.W. 
Mr. E. S. Simpson, “ Scorodite and other New 
Western Australian Minerals.” 
Dr. J. B. Cleland, " Report on the Expedition to 
Port Hedland.” 
Mr. H. M. Giles, “ Entomological notes on the Ex- 
pedition to Port Hedland.” 
September . — 
Dr. Cleland, “ Heredity.” 
Mr. Giles, “ Notes on the Entomology of the Goose- 
berry Hill Excursion.” 
October . — 
Mr. Bernard H. Woodward opened a discussion on 
Professor Michaelsen’s Paper which had just 
been issued to members as a number of the 
Journal. 
Mr . Simpson, “ Notes on some Parkerville Rocks.” 
