348 PROCEEDINGS, 
The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members of 
e Society :— 
Amos, Robert, Sydney. 
Harris, John, ‘Sydn y- 
Poate, Frederic, Summer Hill. 
West, Dr. Glebe. 
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Wright, Frederic, Sydney. 
The certificates of eight it a were read for the second 
time, and of five for the first 
It was resolved that ‘elie W. G. Murray and A. §. Webster 
be appointed Auditors for the current year. 
Eighty-six donations were laid upon the table. 
ig following papers were read :— 
“On - the Transit of Mercury,” by Mr. H. C. Russell, BA, 
“On th e importance of a Comprehensive Scheme of Water 
ge foot Oanalisation for the future welfare of the Colony,” by 
r. 
«The influence of Australian Forest Trees on the vaporization 
of Water,” by Mr. T. W. She = rd. 
Attention was drawn to some specimens of cretaceous fossils 
from a well on the Dunlop Station, Darling River (lent by Mr. 
Chesney), by Prof. Liversidge. 
