ii8 Report S.A.A. Advancement of Science. 



belief in such a development is founded on the operations of la\^ 

 rather than on the evidences of our vision, I may not enter further 

 into the question. 



As no unimportant part of the New Astromony will be the 

 study of close binary systems, I trust that what has been written 

 will be of interest to members of the Association. 



