IV. 
Jour. Roy. Soc., Western Australia, Vol. XXVII. 
The Royal Society of Western Australia (Inc.). 
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDING 30th 
JUNE, 1941. 
Ladies and Gentlemen, 
Your Council begs to submit the following report for the year ended 
30th June, 1941. 
Council.— The Council of the Royal Society met on five occasions and 
the Executive Committee on six occasions. As in previous years an Executive 
Committee was appointed to deal with the routine business. 
FinanGe . — ^The General Fimd shows a balance of £135 1 (is. 3d. The Endow- 
ment P\ind now amounts to £245. It may be noted that the cost of tlie steel 
library shelving purchased by the Society for installatioTi in the Glerlden 
Building was met by the Entlowment Fund. The surplus of assets over 
liabilities now amoimts to £507. Volume XXVI. has not yet been com- 
pletely paid for, so that there are cej'tain commitments to the Government 
Printer against the General Fund. 
The very satisfactory condition of tlie Society's finances are due to the 
very able nianagement of the Honorary- Treasurer, Dr. E. M. Watson. Dr. 
Watson retires from the office of Hon. Treasuu'r to become a Vice-President 
of the Society and the Council wishes to express their thanks for fus services 
as Treasurer during the past four years. 
Membership.-— There has been a slight increase in membership of the 
Society during the year. Four ordinary members and one associate have 
resigned and two associates ha\^e transferred their membership — one to 
ordinary and the other to corresponding membership. The names of four 
associates liave been removed from the register in accordance with Rule 6. 
Members elected during the year include ten ordinary members and tliree 
associates. 
There are at ])re‘sent 154 members of tJie Society, made up as follows : - - 
Honorary Mi'inbers .... .... 7 
C Corresponding Members .... .... 8 
Life Member .... . .. .... , ] 
Ordinary Members .... .... .. . 98 
Associate Members .. . .. . .... 35 
Student Members .... .... .... 5 
Journal .- — Volume XXVI. has been completed and is at present being 
distributed to members and scientific institutions with which the Society is 
in exchange. 
During the j^ear twenty papers were presented to the Society for publica- 
tion in the Journal. Fourteen of these are already' in the hands of the Gov- 
ernment Printer. 
