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Smoking and refreshment rooms were established in the University 
Union Building, and refreshments were also served in the Refectory. 
The Secretarium was established in the Australia Hotel, Castlereagh 
Street. 
On August 20, at 8.380 p.m., in the Town Hall, the President, 
Professor W. Bateson, F.R.S., delivered the second part of his Address, 
His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales, Sir G. Strickland, 
presided, and a vote of thanks was proposed by Sir William Cullen 
and seconded by Sir E. A. Schifer, ex-President. 
Friday, August 21.—The Sections began their sessions in Sydney, 
Presidential Addresses being delivered in those of Geology, Engineering, 
Anthropology, Botany, and Education. 
At 1 p.m. a luncheon was given at the Town Hall to the Overseas 
Members and others by the State Government. The toast of ‘ The 
British Association’ was proposed by the Premier, Mr. Holman. Pyo- 
fessor Bateson replied, and Sir Oliver Lodge proposed the toast of 
“The Government and Ministry of New South Wales.’ 
Later in the afternoon His Excellency the Governor of New South 
Wales, Sir Gerald Strickland, G.C.M.G., gave a Garden Party at 
* Cranbrook,’ Rose Bay. 
At 8.30 p.m., in the Town Hall, Professor G. Elliot Smith, F.B.S., 
delivered a Discourse on ‘ Primitive Man.’ The President presided. 
The lecturer discussed in some detail the remains of primitive man of 
the Pleistocene and later periods, referring especially to the supposed 
Pleistocene skull the discovery of which in the Darling Downs had 
been described earlier in the day in the Anthropological Section. He 
discussed and illustrated the evolution of mankind, and the links con- 
necting the brain of man with those of lower animals. A vote of 
thanks was proposed by Sir Everard im Thurn, K.C.M.G., and 
seconded by Sir T. Anderson Stuart. 
Saturday, August 22, was devoted to excursions. 
A party leaving Sydney on Friday night, and returning on Sunday 
evening, visited the Federal Territory, Canberra (the site of the Federal 
capital), and the Burrinjuck Dam. Other places and districts of interest 
which were visited by Overseas Members were—Coonamble and Wal- 
gett (for the Western plains, the wheat belt, and the pastoral industry) ; 
the Jenolan Caves and the fine limestone ravine scenery of the Blue 
Mountains at Wentworth Falls, Katoomba and Blackheath ; Narramine 
(where arborglyphs were inspected); the Murrumbidgee irrigation area 
at Yanco; the Hawkesbury Agricultural College; the Hawkesbury 
River and Newport districts; the National Park and Port Hacking ; 
Bulli and the Cataract Dam; and the electrolytic works at Port Kembla. 
A geological excursion visited West Maitland and the lower Hunter 
district and coal-field. 
Further references to the excursions from Sydney will be found 
among the notes on scientific work which follow this narrative. 
At 8 p.m., in the Town Hall, Professor Benjamin Moore, FE-R.S., 
delivered a Citizens’ Lecture on ‘ Brown Earth and Bright Sunshine,’ 
the Lord Mayor presiding. Here, as elsewhere, the arrangements were 
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