HISTORY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTE WALES. 345 
Publications. 
8th May, 1857. The Council decided to select papers 
and prepare abstracts for the “Sydney Magazine of Science”’ 
and take 25 copies for one year at 11/- each. 
28th May, 1858. Subscription increased to 15/- per 
volume, but only 15 copies ordered. In addition, the cost 
of illustrations was defrayed, which in the 1859 balance- 
sheet stands at £31 7s. 
5th August, 1859. The arrangement was not continued. 
The Magazine was very indifferently edited, and the 
decision not to continue doubtless arose from that circum- 
stance. 
On 31st August, 1859, the Secretary reported that Mr. 
Fairfax would not publish the Society’s papers in the 
“*Herald’’ unless he received all those read, and that he 
would not exchange slips with the “‘HKmpire.”’ 
On 6th September, 1859, the Secretary reported that the 
impasse between the “‘ Herald’’ and the ‘‘ Empire”’ con- 
tinued, and a certain paper was therefore published in the 
latter journal. 
It is evident that the Society only published in the news- 
papers at this time, and this arrangement continued until 
the publication of the 1862-5 volume. In other words, the 
papers read during the years 1859, 1860, and 1861, were 
only published in the ‘‘Herald’’ and ‘“‘ Empire.”’ I have 
not had an opportunity of tracing all of them, and perhaps 
a young member may feel impelled to search the files and 
record the dates and pages where each paper was published, 
in order that our record may be complete. 
But we have got the next best thing, for the abstracts 
from the minutes show every paper read before the Society, 
and should lead to each being traced, if published in the 
newspapers or in some other manner, the pamphlet form 
being sometimes adopted. 
