672 president's address. 



New Rules. 



In August of last year a sub-committee, consisting of the Hon. 

 Dr. Norton, Mr. Fletcher, and myself, was appointed in order to 

 draw up anew set of Rules for the Society. A draft of these was 

 submitted to the Council and passed with a few modifications. 

 At a general meeting called for the purpose on December 21st 

 these proposed new Rules were discussed, some amendments intro- 

 duced, and the Rules as amended were finally adopted at a general 

 meeting held on the 29th December. 



One of the chief new provisions is the institution of a recess in 

 the monthly meetings of the Society during the months of 

 December, January, and February. This is a reform which 

 was greatly needed; and, though the number of monthly meetings 

 will thus be reduced, I have little doubt that the Society will 

 actually gain as regards the total value and interest of the work 

 done. 



It has also been decided to do away with the office of Hon. 

 Secretary — an office which, with the present Permanent Secretary, 

 meant nothing, and involved no work. The number of Members 

 of Council not office-bearers has been raised to twelve, and a 

 quorum of not less than five has been fixed for the minimum for 

 the ti-ansaction of business. 



It has been decided also to raise the entrance-fee for all 

 ordinary members to two guineas, and to make the subscription 

 for all after 1893 one guinea. A few new Rules relating to 

 minor matters, and a few modifications of the formerly existing 

 RuleS; have been introduced ; but none of these are of sufficient 

 importance to call for remark at present. Copies of these new 

 Rules with an amended list of members will shortly be in your 

 hands. 



JResume of Recent Work. 



Since it has been customary for the President of the Royal 

 Society of New South Wales to give annually a genei-al account 

 of the scientific work done within the Colony during the year, and 

 since this will shortly be ably done by my friend Professor Warren, 



