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Excerpt from Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 1874, Vol. 11 We meet together to-night to commemorate the l6th year of this Society's existence, and it becomes my duty, as your President, to address you brie y upon its past year's history and present position. On former occasions of this kind I have usually trespassed upon your attention by referring to some subjects of prominent scientific interest; with your permission, I will adopt the same course to - night, but as brie y as possible. First let me speak of the Society's business. I am happy to be able to deviate from the almost stereo typed statement that I have unfortunately felt compelled to make in previous addresses, concerning the non-publication of our Transactions; at last these are in course of printing, and in so forward a state as to be shortly ready for distribution. This volume (the loth) will contain the papers and other results of the Society' s labours from the year 1868 to the commencement of the present year. This result I must explain is mainly owing to the fact that the present Government has liberally renewed the grant in aid to the Royal Society which has been unfortunately withheld for several years past. It should be remembered that the only real objects of this Society are, the advance ment of knowledge in the colony, and the development of its manufactures, Industries, and resources and however inadequately it may fulfil these Objects, its efforts are stead fastly and earnestly directed to that end. Relying on these facts, we trust that the Government will for the future help our endeavours, at least as far as the publication of our Transactions is concerned. Before going to press with the accumulated proceedings of the past sessions, your Council appointed a printing com mittee to revise the papers and communications, and decide upon which to print in full, which in abstract, and which should be merely noticed in order by the Simple title for it was found that many of the papers having reference to matters of passing interest at the time of their reception, possessed no longer their original value, while many others were regarded as likely to be more valuable in abstract than in full. The committee had a somewhat invidious task to perform, but I believe it has done its work fairly, with due attention to the interests of the Society as a body, and with due consideration of the claims of the various authors. The Council has authorised the illustration of papers by litho graphs, photographs, and woodcuts, wherever the subjects have appeared to warrant that additional expenditure. 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."

Excerpt from Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 1874, Vol. 10 The council has to express its great regret that it was impossible to issue any Transactions before, as from the unexpected withdrawal of the Government Grant in 1868, there were no funds to do so, or even to pay the printer for the volume last issued. 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.

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Excerpt from Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Vol. 6: During the Years 1861 to 1864, Inclusive New Zealand having disappeared, it has been thought better to avoid giving an, abstract on so important a subject, in the absence of the original document, unless such could be obtained direct from the author. 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.