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ASTRONOMICAL SECTION 
OF THE 
Koval Society of South Australia. 
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
In submitting their fourth annual report the Committee are 
pleased to note signs of the steadily growing interest in those 
subjects which this society seeks to popularise. 
There have been five general meetings of the society during 
the past year, and five business meetings of the Committee. 
The membership numbers forty-five, having gained four and 
lost two since last annual meeting. 
Papers on the following subjects have been read and discussed :— 
Computations of time, by Miss A. M. M. Todd. 
The effect of the Tides on the Rotation of the Earth, by 
Be. Barr.’ Bsc: 
Hypothesis to Account for Gravitation, by C. C. Farr, B. Sc. 
The Theory of the Tides, by R. W. Chapman, M.A. 
Jupiter, by E. P. Sells. 
Symbols for the Signs of the Zodiac, by Sir C. Todd, K.C.M.G. 
Besides the papers the Question Box has provided interesting 
matter, both for research and discussion. 
The Monthly Notes (now in their fifth year) have maintained 
their character for excellence and have been distributed at the 
beginning of every month. The thanks of the society are due to 
the proprietors of the Register for publishing the Notes in their 
paper, thereby increasing the number of those who may be bene- 
fitted by them, thus furthering the objects of the society. 
Members have been supplied with printed copies of the Rules. 
The part taken by the Astronomical Section in the conversa- 
zione tendered to His Excellency the Governor last November 
proved a success, and its best thanks are due to the President 
and those members who contributed towards that end. 
Adopted at annual meeting held at the Adelaide Observatory 
on the 15th September, 1896. 
The following officers were elected for the ensuing year :—Sir 
C. Todd, K.C.M.G., President; Messrs. Lee and Dobbie, Vice- 
Presidents ; Messrs. Strawbridge, Harris, Kestle, and Griffiths, 
Committee ; and W. E. Cheesman, Honorary Secretary. 
C. Topp, President. 
W. E. Curzsman. Hon. Secretary. 
