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Proceedings of the Natural History and 
Science Society. 
Annual Report. 
Ladies and Gentlemen, 
Your Council has much pleasure in submitting the Annua^ 
Report and Financial Statement for the year ending 30th June’ 
1910. 
We were fortunate in beginning the year with a credit 
balance of £51 12 . gd. The actual receipts amounted to £26 
10s. 1 id., which includes the Government grant for the years 
1908 and 1909, which was not paid until July, 1909. The ex- 
penditure for the year amounts to £ 8 b 18s. id., leaving a credit 
balance of £1 5s. yd. The Government grant for this year has 
not yet been paid. The great cost of printing the last number 
of the Journal has been the cause of the swallowing up of so much 
of our funds, and in this connection the Council feels it is its duty 
to remind members that it is only with an even larger membership 
than we have at present that it will become possible to publish 
the Journal more frequently than has hitherto been the case. 
It is to be hoped that the finances will in future enable the Council 
to issue the Journal as a semi-annual or quarterly publication. 
The number of members is at present 90, of whom 6 are 
honorary- — an increase of 29 during the year. This increase is 
very encouraging, particularly as many of those who have affiliated 
themselves with the Society are now renewing an active interest 
in its work, which commenced in some of the earlier societies 
from which our body has risen. With the membership rapidly 
increasing as it is at present, every hope may be expressed that 
the Society has entered upon a most successful era. 
The year under revie >v has been one in which the scope and 
aims of the Society have been a great deal altered and enlarged. 
This alteration is expressed in its name, which was decided upon 
after many other suggestions had been considered. The change 
of title has proved to be a wise one, having increased the interest 
of old members, attracted many new ones, and considerably 
widened our outlook. We look forward to the time when we 
shall still further expand and develop into the Royal Society of 
Western Australia. 
