HISTORY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. De 
At the meeting of the 11th November, 1868, it was 
decided to ballot for the admission of members, and this 
practice has continued to the present time. 
In the 1875 volume was first introduced the record of 
election, and number of papers published in the journal 
by an ordinary member, and it contains the first list of 
honorary members. 
The Fundamental Rules were published in the volumes 
from 1868 to 1875 (as a rule I go no further in this historical 
sketch), and the Bye-laws in the same volumes (greatly 
enlarged in the 1875 volume). 
The Society was incorporated inthe year 1881. A copy 
of the Act is in the 1881 volume, p. xi. 
Medals. 
The Australian Philosophical Society in 1850 gave notices 
of gold medals offered, to be adjudged in 1851 for the pro- 
duction of Madder, growth of Cotton, Metals from Colonial 
Ore, and Sugar. Ido not know whether they were awarded. 
Medals of £5 5s. each were, at the Council Meeting 
of 9th December, 1859, resolved to be given at the 
May Meeting in 1860 for illustrations of the new art of 
photography in the classes of Landscapes, Buildings and 
Portraits. 
I have not seen specimens of these medals, and if any 
are in existence they would form an acceptable exhibit 
before the Society, or they could be lent in order that they 
might be photographed. 
The Clarke Memorial Medal was established in memory 
of Rev. William Branwhite Clarke, M.A., F.R.S., one of the 
most distinguished and zealous members of the Society. See 
references to it in Vol. xilI, p. 133 (1879), xiv, 295 (1880), 
and xv, 16 (1881). The first award was made as for 1878, 
W—July 3, 1918. 
