258 PEOCEEDINGS. 



In reference to the books and periodicals of the Society, the 

 Chairman announced to the meeting that the Council had passed 

 the following minute, viz. : — " That the books and periodicals of 

 the Eoyal Society of New South "Wales can not be open to the 

 members generally until the Society has rooms of its own in 

 which proper convenience for reading can be provided." 



Professor LiTEESinaE reported that Section I — Sanitary and 

 Social Science — had been established since the last meeting, and 

 that the following gentlemen had been elected officers of the 

 Section, viz. : — Chairman, A. Roberts, M.E.C.S. ; Committee, 

 J. a. Bedford, M.E.C.S.,Dr. Morgan, W. Tarleton, H. H. Yoss; 

 Secretary, Harrie "Wood ; and that the days for the sectional 

 meetings would be as follows : — 



July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 



Section A— Astronomy, &c. Wednesday ... 26 30 27 25 29 27 



„ B— Chemistry, &c. Wednesday 12 9 13 11 8 13 



„ C — Greology, &c., Temp. Amal. witli B. 

 „ D — Biology (To be arranged). 



„. E— Microscopy. Wednesday 19 16 20 18 15 20 



„ F— aeography. Monday 17 21 18 16 20 18 



„ a— Literature & Fine Arts. Monday 24 28 25 23 27 25 



„ H— Medical. Thursday 10 14 12 9 14 - 



„ I— Sanitary and Social. Tuesday.., 11 8 12 10 14 12 



Twenty donations were laid upon the table. 



The Eevd. De. Lajs^g then read the concluding portion of 

 bis paper " On the Origin and Migration of the Polynesian 

 Nation, and the Original Discovery, Possession and Settlement 

 of America, with a critical examination of Mr. Bancroft's work 

 upon the Native Eaces of .the Pacific States of North America." 



The Eev. W. B. Claeke then read a paper " On Deep Sub- 

 marine Depressions off Moreton Bay." 



Mr. H. C. Eussell exhibited and explained one of Crooke's 

 Radiometers which he had just received from England. 



WEDNESDAY, 2 AUGUST, 1876. 



Ordinary monthly meeting of the Eoyal Society of New 

 South "Wales, held in the Society's Eoom's Elizabeth-street. 



The Eev. .W. B. Clabke, Y.P., in the Chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read- and confirmed. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary Members 

 of the Society : — 



"W. E. Lang^ley, Serald Office, Sydney. 



Benjamin Backhouse, Elizabeth Bay. 



J. "Waterhouse, M.A. (Sydney), Newington College, 



Parramatta. 

 Thos. E. Icely, Carcoar. 



