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Mr. Witkinson also thought that the geological formations of 
1879, at 8 p.m. 
__ The guests, who were received in the Great Hall by ad Vice- 
_ Presidents and Members of the Coun cil, amounted in n r 
close upon 900, the attendance being sonsidde te seentr “than on 
any previous occasion 
_ Amongst the visitors were the members of the various Foreign 
and Colonial Commissions to the Sydney International Exhibi- 
- ren e a others who had been attracted to Sydney by the 
“the Thil and its approaches were tastefully decorated with 
_ palms, ferns, and ares pei by Mr. C. Moore, F.L.S., Director 
of the Botanic Gar 
_ The general Ssmerathee were under the direction of a Com- 
posed of Professor Liversidge, Messrs. C. eat, H. 
eu, Hi fio 
bited by Mr. H. ©. auell Government ppomanay : 
of thermom eters, made by aes, of London, in 
| The Uni hres exhibited Cailletet’s apparatus for the lique- 
faction of “ay alled permanent gases; the action of the in- 
a shown wer time to time during | the evening by 
tbat and  etnes « and used for abe purposes. 
