2 ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS, ’ 
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of the Society is by no means er aes arene by the : 
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monthly papers. The re f 1 two or three — 
years ago continue in a state of Sealey. vitality, and in a quiet 
way they strive to enlarge the borders of our knowledge. . 4 
At the monthly meetings twelve papers were read, besides the — 
anniversary address by Mr. Rolleston, Vice-President. Of the — 
twelve papers—three were from the Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, _ 
on Timber-producing Forests of Tasmania, Molluscan Fauna of 
Tasmania, and some new Australian Miocene Corals ; three were , 
from Mr. Dixon, on the Metallurgy of Nickel and Cobalt, Deep 
Well Waters of Sydney, and Notes on Huan Island Guano ; two 4 
from Mr. Russell, on Storms on the Coast of New South Wales, 
and Some Results of an Astronomical Experiment on the Blue — 
_ Mountains ; one from Mr. Tebbutt, on a proposed Correction to 4 
the Assumed Longitude of the Sydney Observatory ; one from — 
Captain Marshall Smith, on the Meteorology of the Coast of 
New South Wales ; one from Mr. Hart, on the Rise and Progress 
of Photography ; ee one from Mr. J. P. Josephson, on Som? 
Facts about the Great Tidal Wave of May, 1877. 
At the sectional meetings numerous papers were read, and ) 
specimens and instruments ‘exhibited and discussed. Section F_ 
(Geography and Ethnology) held no meetings during the year, but 
it has commenced operations this year, with fair prospect of doing © 
good work. Two or three Sections have sent in no detailed report : | 
of their labours, and it is to be hoped that their Secretaries will 
kindly keep in view the desirability of preparing such reports at 
the end of each year, so that the whole work of the Boy 
Society may be adequately recorded. 
The donations to the Society last year were numerous and 
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and private individuals ; but special mention ought to be made of 
a well got up and most useful collection of shells, including ovel 
_ 200 species, presented by Mr. John Brazier, a member | 
_— and also of some very fine specimens of fossil leave? 
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valuable, numbering nearly 700, from different parts of the world, — 
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