xi. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 
AUGUST 7th, 1918. 
The three hundred and ninety-ninth General Monthly 
Meeting was heldat the Society’s House, 5 Elizabeth Street, 
Sydney, at 8 p.m. 
Mr. W. 8S. Dun, President, in the Chair. 
Thirty-eight members were present. 
The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and 
confirmed. 
The certificates of three candidates for admission as 
ordinary members were read; one for the second, and two 
for the first time. 
Dr. G. HARKER and Mr. A. A. HAMILTON were appointed 
Scrutineers, and Mr. J. NANGLE deputed to preside at the 
Ballot Box. 
The following gentleman was duly elected an ordinary 
member of the Society:—OCaRL GUSTAF SUNDSTROM, Manager 
of the Federal Match Company, Ltd., 6 Arcadia Road, 
Glebe Point. | 
Four volumes, 66 parts, 5 reports, and 1 catalogue were 
laid upon the table. 
THE FOLLOWING PAPERS WERE READ: 
1. “‘On the Technology and Anatomy of some Silky Oak 
Timbers,’’ by R. T. BAKER, F.L.S. Remarks were made 
by Dr. R. GREIG-SMITH and Messrs. A. D. OLLE, UE 
NANGLE and A. B. HECTOR. 
2. ‘“‘The Vertical Growth of Trees,’’ by R. H. CAMBAGE, F.L.S. 
Remarks were made by Messrs. J. H. MAIDEN, R. T. 
BAKER and A. F. OSBORN. 
EXHIBIT: 
Mr. J. E. BisHop exhibited a piece of New Zealand Kauri 
cut from one of many logs which are said to have been 
discovered by gum diggers in a bog in which no kauri has 
