140 PROCEEDINGS. 
WEDNESDAY, 3 DECEMBER, 1584. 
H. ©. Russert, B.A., President, in the Chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
The oe gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members 
of the ety :— 
seca Joshua B., C.E., Sydney. 
Kyngdon, Boughton, Sydney. 
Strange, Fredk. R., 8 
The certificates of four new candidates were read for the second 
time, and of three for the first time. 
The Prestpent stated that the Council recommended that the 
following gentlemen be elected honorary members of the Society :— 
Sir George Beddell Airy, K.C.B., M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., &e. 
Professor John Tyndall, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., &e. 
The election was carried unanimously. 
It was resolved that Messrs. P. N. oe and W. G. Murray 
be appointed Auditors for the current yea 
irty-nine donations were laid upon the table. 
The PresipENT announced that the Council had considered the 
papers received in response to the Society’s offer of its medal and 
£25 for the best communication (provided it were of sufficient 
merit) containing the results of a at research or observation 
upon each of the: following subjects, vi 
Series III.—To be sent in not later ea a 30th, 1884. 
No. 9.—Origin and mode of occurrence of gold-bearing veins 
and of the associated minerals 
10.—Influence of the anne: climate in producing 
oa of disea 
11.—On the Infusoria peoaliai to Australia. 
12.—On Water Supply in the interior of New South 
ales, 
No essay was received on subject No. 10 ; eight papers had been 
received on No. 9, and one paper on N 0. 1l, but none of the 
essays were considered to be of sufficient merit to be awarded the 
prize. 
In the case of No. 12, “On the Water Supply in the interior of 
New South Wales” four papers had been sent in, and the Society’s 
medal and prize of £25 had been awarded to Mr. W. E. Abbott, 
Abbotsford, Wingen. 
Mr. Cartes Moore read a paper, “Notes on Doryanthus.” 
In the absence of the author, Mr. T. K. Abbott read Mr. W. E. 
Wee paper on “Water Supply in the interior of New South 
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