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lamp of one and a-half candle power. It was so attached to a small 
workable arm that it could be easily used for investigating the 
throat or other internal portions of the body, where a strong light 
was required. 
About forty members were present. 
WEDNESDAY, 3 OCTOBER, 1883. 
Hon. Professor Surru, C.M.G., in the Chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed 
The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members 
of the Society :— 
Garrett, Henry Edward, M.R.C.S.E., Sydney. 
Goode, William Henry, M.D., Sydney. 
_The certificate of one new candidate was read for the} second 
time, and of three for the first time. 
Thirty-five donations were laid upon the table. 
The following letter from Dr. Ottokar Feistmantel was read :— 
; Bohemian Polytechnic High School, 
Sir, rague, uly, 1883. 
acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your letter of the 17th 
May, informing me of the honor which has been conferred upon me by the 
Royal Society of N.S. W., and I would beg that you should communicate 
“sora acknowledgment and my best thanks, at a next meeting of the 
Thanking again for your kind letter, believe me, Sir, 
Most respectfully yours, 
4 ‘ Th OTTOKAR FEISTMANTEL. 
To Professor Liversidge, F.R.S., Hon. Sec. 
A paper by Mr. H. Line Rorn, F.MS., F.S.8., “On the Roots 
| of the Sugar-cane,” was read. 
we Remarks upon the same were made by Professor LIVERSIDGE, 
: Messrs, H. E. Karer, and J. U. ©. Conver. 
Mr. i. C. Russet exhibited Faure’s Bichromate Battery. 
a The Hon. Professor Surtu exhibited and explained Ayrton 
= and Perry’s Commutator Ammeter and Voltmeter. 
__Mr. Russet also exhibited a sample photograph of the Sun, 
_ ' sent out to him from the South Kensington 
_ About thirty members were present. 
