WEDNESDAY, 26th DECEMBER, 1888. 
The Hon, William Macleay, E.L.S., in the Chair, 
Mr. J. P. Creed, Bari'ister-at-Law, Double Bay, Sydney, and 
Mr. E. C, H. Chisholm, Ashfield, were elected Members of the 
Society. 
The Chairman announced that the Annual Meeting would be 
held on Wednesday evening, January 30th, 1889, to take pre- 
cedence of the Ordinary Monthly Meeting on the same date. Also 
that no Excursion would be held during the ensuing month. 
DONATIONS. 
“ The Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 1887.” 
(Vol, IV.) From the Society. 
“Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria.” Vol. I., 
Part 1 (1888). From the Society. 
“ Iconography of Australian Species of Acacia and Cognate 
Genera.” Decade xiii. By Baron von Mueller, K.C.M.G., 
M. & Ph.D., F.R.S. From the Premier of Victoria, through the 
Librarian, Public Library, Melbourne. 
“ Department of Mines Sydney. — Memoirs of the Geological 
Survey of New South Wales. — Palcoontology, No. 1”; Annual 
Report for the year 1887.” From the Minister for Mines. 
