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Inaugural Address. 



to this date, no less than eighty-three Monthly meetings have 

 been held, besides an occasional Conversazione. 



And in addition to brief notices, there have been read upwards 

 of one hundred papers, some of considerable extent, by forty -two 

 Contributors. 



For the sake of convenience, I have classified ninety-six of 

 them under the following sixteen distinctive heads : — 



On subjects connected with No of papers. 



1. Agriculture • 1 



2. Anatomy 5 



3. Antiquities 2 



4. Arts and Scientific Processes 5 



5. Astronomy 12 



6. Botany 2 



7. Chemistry 5 



8. Engineering (including Railways, Roads, ") -. » 



Telegraphy, &c j 



9. Exploration 4 



10. Geology and Mining 9 



11. Magnetism 2 



12. Manufactures (including Sydney Milk) * 3 



13. Mathematics 5 



14. Meteorology 7 



15. Natural History 9 



16. Statistics 8 



This list proves very clearly that the design of the Society has 

 been generally kept in view, for we find that Science, Art, and 

 Literature, have been represented, though Philosophy itself as 

 such, does not assert its existence, leading us to believe that 

 " Philosophical Society" was really a " lucus anon lucendo" 

 designation after all. 



It is usual on such occasions as this, for the Annual Address 

 to contain a kind of abstract of the work done in the previous 

 year or years, or a discussion on some prominent memoir ; but 

 having myself taken part in the contributions of the last two 



*This was a very curious enquiry, to trace the source of the water employed 

 in the adulteration of milk sold hi Sydney, by the anhnalculee found 

 in it. 



