96 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
A. Hamilton to the vacant position. A special vote of 
sympathy to Mrs. [loran, whose husband-——an old mem- 
ber of the Society—was recently killed at Gallipoli, was 
moved by Mr. Wickham, and seconded by the I’resident. 
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ANNUAL REPORT. 
The Council has much pleasure in submitting the 
third Annual keport of the Society for the year ending 
3lst July, 1915. The year commenced with an event of 
special interest to many of our members, the visit to Syd- 
ney in August last of members of the British Associa- 
tion for the Advancement of Science. Several of our 
members had the pleasure of renewing their acquaintance 
with fellow-workers whom they had met in the old land, 
whilst in other instances new friends were made. 
It was indeed a very great pleasure to be able to 
pilot our oversea visitors to some of our best Nature Study 
spots, and we hope that the visit to these shores will prove 
to be profitable from a scientific point of view to our 
visitors. 
It was extremely unfortunate that the crash of arms 
in Europe commenced just on the eve of the arrival of 
our visiting scientists, as the plans and earlier arrange- 
ments were to a certain extent interfered with. 
During the year 33 new members have been elected, 
whilst 36 have formally resigned. In addition to those 
who have formally tendered their resignations, we have to 
record the loss of 10 other members from our list of mem- 
bership, owing to their subscriptions being unpaid, or 
having removed without furnishing their new address. 
It is with deep regret that we record the deaths of 
three members, including the late Mr. J. R. Garland, to 
whom reference has already been made in the Society’s 
journal, as well as Mr. A. Searle and Mr. D. C. White. 
It will be seen from the above that our membership 
has been reduced by 16 members. 
The ordinary monthly meetings have been well at- 
tended, and it is satisfactory to note that there has been 
an average attendance of fifty-four at the meetings. The 
lectures or papers read at the meetings have been instruc- 
tive, and have dealt with various branches of Nature 
