Excerpt from Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Vol. 21: Issued June 30th, 1885 The Society is now approaching the termination of its twenty-sixth year, and it is pleasant to be able to tell you that it is in a prosperous condition and full of vitality. The ordinary income, added by the grant. Annually voted to us by the Parliament, now places us in a satisfactory position. The Society is not only solvent but it has a small reserve for current requirements. Our buildings are in good order and repair we haye added to our library accommodation, and had a large number of our valuable books bound, so as to be accessible to our members. The increase of the Society, and more especially the want of more space for our large meetings and gatherings like this, has already given rise to a wish for more accommodation in the shape of a large lecture or assembly room, and I' have no doubt the Council will take the matter cinto serious consideration before Our next session. Our last session was a busy one, as will be seen by reference to our twentieth volume, 1ssued in May last, and it is gratifying to note how promptly our secretaries have placed the volume for 1883 before our members. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.