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had eter been put to large expenses connected with the 
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He trusted there would be a good ee at the age cea 
meeting, and regretted they could not in the ladies, as the 
Society’s rooms would not be large toe ihente 
WEDNESDAY, 13 OCTOBER, 1880. 
ADJOURNED ORDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 
Hon. Proressor Situ, C.M.G., President, in the Chair. 
stn — about fifty members present. 
The following ORT took part in the adjourned discus- 
sion jibe Mr. Gipps’s paper :—Mr. Trevor Jones, Mr. Clarendon 
Stuart, Dr. Belgrave, Paitesor Smith, Mr. Goodlet, Mr. Alexander 
Dean, ‘and Mr. Poolman; Mr. Gipps replied. 
WEDNESDAY, 27 OCTOBER, 1880. 
SPECIAL MEETING. 
Hon. Prorsssor Smirn, C.M.G., President, in the Chair. 
There were about 100 members present. 
A lecture was delivered before the members of the Society - 
William Lant Carpenter, B.A., B.Sc., F.C. _ ban 
Daily Practical Applications of Electricity in Am 
The President conveyed the thankcs of the Society to Mr. 
Carpenter for his interesting lecture 
WEDNESDAY, 3 NOVEMBER, 1880. : 
Hon. Proressor Smiru, C. a G. 7 in the Chair. 
There were about thirty mem prese: 
The minutes of the last meeting were ae but being incom 
plete were not signed. 
The following gentleman was duly elected an ordinary member 
of the Society :— 
Scrivener, Charles Robert, Middle-street, Marri . 
The certificates of eight new candidates were read for ee 
time, and of five for the first time. 
Thirty donations were laid upon the table 
‘A letter ‘was. roeciesd. fem ties, Aas Count 
thanking the Society for the poe a it had. taken with respect 1 
Mr. F. B. Gipps’s paper upon “The Water Supply for teas “— 
Professor LiversipcE read a paper on “ Some New South by 
Minerals,” and one on ‘ Piturie.” The papers were ill 
specimens and preparations of “ Piturine” and of its salts. 
