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And that such Committee consist of the Rev.W. B. Clarke, 
Professor Smith, Hdward Bedford Hsq., Chris. Rolleston 
Hsq., J. F. Josephson Hsq., Wm. McDonnell EKsq., G. Morrell 
Hsq., G. R. Smalley Hsq. 
Paper read.—"*On certain possible relations between 
geological changes and astronomical observations,’’ by 
George R. Smalley Hsq. 
(See Trans. Phil. Soc. N.S. W., 1862-5, 338 — 346.) 
Seventy-seventh Monthly Meeting, Hall, Australian 
Library, lst November, 1865. Rev. W. B. Clarke in the 
Chair. 
Member elected.—G. A. Morell Hsq. 
Proposed change of title of the Philosophical Society of N.S. Wales. 
Ata General Meeting of the members of the Philosophical 
Society, held on lst November, and adjourned to the 8th 
November, it was resolved and finally confirmed on the 6th 
December:— 
1. That the Philosophical Society shall from the 1st of 
May, 1866, be called the ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH 
WALES, subject to the sanction of the Governor. 
2. All members of the Philosophical Society, who have 
paid their subscription at the date of the Governor’s sanc- 
tion to the change of title shall be considered members of 
the ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 
The following were then passed as the fundamental rules 
for the Royal Society of New South Wales:— 
| Objects of the Society. 
1. The object of the Society is to receive at its stated meetings 
original papers on subjects of Science, Art, Literature, and Phil- 
osophy, and especially on such subjects as tend to develop the 
resources of Australia and to illustrate its Natural History and 
Productions. 
T—July 3, 1918. 
