VI 
PROCEEDINGS. 
December ioth, 1912. 
Mr. J. J. East, Treasurer, in the Chair. 
Miss Jean Bird and Mr. R. W. Canning, A.C.G.I., were elected 
members of the Society. 
The list of donations to the Library was read. 
H. B. Curlewis, B.A., described in outline the work which 
the new Astronomical Society proposed to carry out, and re- 
counted the reasons which had led to its formation. 
January 14th, 1913. 
Mr. E. S. Simposn, B.E., F.C.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Mr Alex Montgomery, Mrs. Alex. Montgomery, Mr. Evelyn 
Manning, and Mr. H. B. Curlewis, B.A., were elected members 
of the Society. 
The list of donations to the Library was read. 
February nth, 1913. 
Mr. E. S. Simpson, B.E., F.C.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Dr. Alex. Morrison was elected an honorary member of the 
Society. 
The list of donations to the Library was read. 
The following communication was read : — 
“ Modern Investigations of Problems Connected with Sea 
Fisheries,” by W. B. Alexander, B.A. 
The following specimens were exhibited : — 
An Australian rockling from Busselton, and a specimen of 
the rare oar fish, from Rottnest, by W. B. Alexander, B.A. 
Fossil leaves* from Koionup, by Mrs. Shelton. 
Gasteropod shells from Norseman and Dundas, by W. D. 
Campbell, F.G.S. 
Emeralds recently discovered near Kew, by E. S. Simpson, 
B.E., F.C.S. 
March nth, 1913. 
Mr. E. S. Simpson, B.E., F.C.S. , Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Professor W. G. Woolnougli, D.Sc., was elected a member 
of the Society. 
The list of donations to the Library was read. 
Notice of the following motion for the ensuing meeting was 
made by A. Gibb Maitland, F.G.S. : — 
“ That the time has arrived for obtaining a Royal Charter 
for the Society, and, if granted, altering its designation to the 
*'I hese were handed over to the Government Geologist, and a descrip- 
tion of them appears in the Annual 1 regress Report of the Geological 
Survey for 1913. 
