ASTRONOMICAL SECTION. 
OF THE 
Boval Society of South Australia. 
EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
The Committee have to report that the Section has held six 
ordinary meetings during the past year, and subjects of interest 
have been discussed, such as meteors, sun spots, &c. Some of 
last. Mr. Rus ‚gave a popu ular ep entitled *An Astro- 
nomical Evening," illustrated by lantern views, at the Society's 
room, to a good atte Fco ance. In June “thie President, Sir Charles 
(by request) be y benefit of the general public a few weeks 
later at ari Royal Society’s Room, at which there was also a large 
-attendance 
The EM have met six times for business. The Section 
now has three English magazines, which treat of astronomical 
nn and members can obtain them for perusal on applica- 
o Mr. Hurst, office of the Postmaster-General, Adelaide. 
p * Astronomical Notes "—published monthly sinec July, 
1892, and consequently now in their ninth year—have appeared 
with consistent regularity during the pet: ygan, and, as formerly, 
have proved of a highly satisfactory na 
The question box is still open to enquirers. 
Adopted at the annual meeting of the Section, held at the 
-Adelaide Observatory on the evening of Tuesday, September 11, 
1900. 
* Topp, President 
E. Che EESMAN, Hon. Secretary. 
