XIV 
PROCEEDINGS. 
The following communications were read or placed before 
the meeting : — 
1 “ Aquatic Animals from Hannan's Lake, Kalgoorlie ” 
by W. B. Alexander, M.A. 
2 “ The History of Zoology in Western Australia Part I, 
- -Discoveries in the 17th Century.” by W. B. Alexander, M.A. 
3 “ Third Abstract of the Reports of the German Ex- 
pedition of 1905 to South-Western Australia,” by Prof. Dr. W. 
Michaelsen. Communicated by Bernard H. Woodward, C.M.Z.S. , 
F.G.S. 
October 14th 1913. 
Professor W. J. Dakin D.Sc. President in the Chair. 
The list of donations to the Library was read. 
The following communication was read : — 
“ The Foundation Stones of Western Australia : An Early 
Chapter in the Geological History of the State ” by A. Gibb 
Maitland F.G.S. 
November nth 1913. 
Mr. E. S. Simpson B.E. F.C.S. Vice-President in the Chair. 
Mr. I. H. Boas B.Sc. and Mr. A. Male M.L.A., were elected 
members of the Society. 
The list of donations to the Library was read. 
The following communication was read : — 
“ Time and Its Measurement,” by A. D. Ross, M.A., D.Sc. 
F.R.A.S., F.R.S.E. 
December qth, 1913. 
Professor W. J. Dakin, D.Sc., President, in the Chair. 
Mr. J. A. Wood was elected a member of the Society. 
The list of donations to the Library was read. 
The President announced that he had received from His 
Excellency the Governor a communication to the effect that His 
Majesty the King had graciously assented to the assumption by 
the Society of the title, “ The Royal Society of Western Aus- 
tralia.” In making this announcement the President reviewed 
the previous history of the Society, from its inception, in 1891, 
and indicated the lines on which he considered the Royal Society 
should proceed. 
Sir J. Winthrop Hackett offered his congratulations to the 
Society and its President on the well-deserved honour shown to 
them by His Majesty. 
The following communications were read or placed before 
the meeting : — 
