346 J. H. MAIDEN, 
Professor Smith (1881, p. 6) gives a list-of papers read 
before the Philosophical Society from the year 1856 to 1866, 
doubtless taken, like my own, from the minutes. My list. 
will be found corrected in a few cases, and I have added 
references to their publication, wherever I could trace 
them. 
At the Annual Meeting of 6th July, 1864, it was resolved 
to publish the papers of the Society in a Separate form, and 
this led to the publication of “‘ Trans. Philos. Soc. N.S.W.’” 
(1862-5). 
The printing of the volume by private firms went on till 
1872, when on 13th July of that year the Government agreed 
to print the Journal by the Government Printer on terms. 
stated. 
The names of our printers have been :— 
1862-5, Reading and Wellbank. 
1867-70, F. White, (same firm as F. W. White, below). 
1871, Joseph Cook and Co. 
1872-86, the Government Printer. 
1887, F. W. White to date. 
The titles of our Journals are as follows :— 
1. “‘ Transactions of the Philosophical Society of New 
South Wales, 1862-5,’ (1866). 
2. ‘‘ Transactions of the Royal Society of New South 
Wales, for the year 1867,” Vol. 1 (1868). This title 
was continued to Vol. vir (1874). 
3. ** Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society 
of New South Wales,’’ Vol. 1x for 1875 (1876). 
4, ‘* Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New 
South Wales ’’ Vol. x for 1876 (1877). 
There has been no change in the title since. 
The Proceedings of the Society were therefore first 
printed in the 1875 volume, and the Abstracts from the 
