HISTORY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 347 
Minutes I have given in this paper supply the missing in- 
formation from 1855 to 1874. Professor Liversidge’s. 
editorial work commenced with that volume, and the 1875 
volume was the first to be indexed. 
On 29th November, 1876, the Council decided that the 
title of the next volume should be ‘ Journal of the Royal 
Society of New South Wales.”’ 
Until recent years, and especially until a few years im- 
mediately preceding the war, the daily and weekly press of 
Sydney published our papers sometimes fairly fully, and 
often in useful abstract. From 1859 to 1861 we had no 
other form of publication, and this circumstance probably 
led the Council of the Society to think that the issue of a. 
volume on its own account was not an urgent matter. 
This attitude probably worked against the interests of 
the Society, for some members of a certain outlook could 
fairly ask themselves what advantage there was in belong- 
ing to the Society when they got no exclusive copy of its 
proceedings and papers, which were published in extenso 
in the daily press free to everyone. 
Meeting Places. 
The meetings of the 1850 Society were held in the Royal 
Hotel, George Street. 
The first and second meetings of the Philosophical Society 
of New South Wales, in 1856 (May and June) took place in 
the School of Arts, Pitt Street, and the rest in the Aus- 
tralian Library. The third meeting in 1857 (July) and the 
remainder for the year were held in the hall of the Aus- 
tralian Library (the present Public Library, subsequently 
added to). In 1858 meetings were held both in the Chamber 
of Commerce (Exchange) and in the Australian Library, 
the change to the Chamber of Commerce being a temporary 
one (minutes of 14th July), because of alterations taking 
place in the Library. 
