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ASTRONOMICAL SECTION 



OF THE 



llogitl gonctg of §0itth Jtngtralta. 



FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



The Committee congratulate their fellow-members on being able 

 to present a Fifth Annual R-eport for their adoption. 



The number on the roll is the same as last year, two having 

 been lost and two gained. 



The work of the Society has been carried on by the President 

 and a few active members, which circle the Committee think 

 should be widened, and with that end in view has had prepared a 

 list of subjects, from which every member might select one or 

 more on which he could express his opinion or seek for informa- 

 tion, thereby starting a discussion, and so increase the interest of 

 the general meetings. 



As in previous years, there have been five general meetings and 

 five business meetings of the Committee. 



Papers on the following subjects have been read and dis- 

 cussed : — 



" Shooting Stars and their Streams combined with Meteoric 



Showers." Mr. R. F. Griffiths. 

 " Planetary Motions." Captain Lee. 

 " The Temples of Egypt from an Astronomical Point of 



View." Miss A. M. M. Todd. 

 "Nebular Hypothesis, and the Action of the Tides." Mr. 

 R. W. Chapman,' M. A. 

 The subjects provided by the Question Box have received care- 

 ful consideration ; the more important were : — 



" The limits of time exposure in Astronomical Photography." 



" The alleged atmosphere of the Moon." 



" Greenwich Observatory and the production of the Nautical 



Almanack." 

 " The latitude and conditions under which the Moon may 

 be seen to rise at the same hour on consecutive days." 

 The Astronomical Notes (first issued in July, 1892, and now 

 in their sixth year of publication) have appeared regularly during 

 the past 12 months, reflecting great credit on Capt. Lee and Mr. 

 Griffiths, who are at the pains of preparing them. 



Adopted at the Annual Meeting of the Society, held at the 

 Observatory, Adelaide, on the evening of Thursday, the 2nd Sep- 

 tember, 1897. 



C. Todd, President. 



W. E. Cheesman, Hon. Secretary. 



