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goodness to send a slip to the “‘Empire,”’ that Mr, Fairfax: 
had declined to do so and that His Hxcellency’s paper had 
therefore been published in the ‘“‘Kmpire.”’ 
*‘The Secretary was authorized to purchase for the use of 
the Society three copies of any newspaper in which the 
papers of the Society may be published.’’ 
It will be noted that on the “Sydney Magazine of Science. 
and Art’’ ceasing to be published with Vol. 11 (1858), there 
was no medium of publication for papers read before the- 
Society except newspapers, until such time as the Society 
published a journal of its own. 
Twenty-ninth Monthly Meeting, Hall, Australian 
Library, 21st September, 1859. Sir William Denison in the 
Chair. 
Members elected.—James McDonald Larnach Hsq.,. 
Kdward H. v. Arnheim Esq. 
Paper read.—‘‘On Telegraphic communication with 
England,” (by Francis Gisbourn Esq.) which he illustrated 
by numerous Admiralty Charts and Maps and specimens of 
the following Telegraphic Cables, viz:—Channel Islands 
Company’s Cable, shore end and deep sea part; Dover and. 
Ostend; Zuyder Zee; Dover and Calais; Port Patrick and 
Donaghadee; Atlantic Telegraph Company’s Cable; Malta. 
and Corfu; Red Sea Cable, deep sea part and shore end ;. 
Oagliari Bona Cable, deep-sea part. 
Thirtieth Monthly Meeting, Hall, Australian Library,. 
19th October, 1859. Sir William Denison in the Chair. 
Member elected.—A. G. McLean Esq. 
Paper read.—‘‘On the Sydney Observatory,’’ by Rev.. 
William Scott, and drawings were laid upon the table of 
the instrument, together with an Azimuth Scale made by 
A. Tornaghi of Sydney, under his superintendence. 
