ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. IX. 



The Annual Dinner took place at "The Burlington Oafe," 

 George Street, on 29th April, 1920, when we were honoured 

 by the company of the Hon. Sir Henry Braddon, m.l.c, late 

 Commissioner of Australia in U.S.A., and the Presidents 

 of several societies. 



A Conversazione was held by the Society at the Uni- 

 versity of Sydney on 10th September, 1920, when we were 

 honoured by the company of His Excellency Sir Walter 

 Davidson and Dame Margaret Davidson, also of Sir William 

 Cullen, Chief Justice of New South Wales and Chancellor 

 of the University of Sydney, and Lady Cullen. 



A varied and most interesting collection of exhibits was 

 shown and lecturettes were given on special topics. To 

 those members and friends who contributed to the success 

 of the evening the thanks of the Council are most cordially 

 given. It is to be regretted that the opportunities afforded 

 to members and their friends by these social meetings 

 were not more widely appreciated. 



The work of shelving the books in the library was com- 

 pleted during the early part of the year, and on making a 

 complete revision of the old catalogue it was found that 

 only four books are missing. These may possibly be found 

 later. 



For a number of years it has been the practice to store 

 parcels of University theses received from Germany in the 

 store room adjoining the main Hall. On examining these 

 it has been found that they comprise a fairly complete set 

 of theses published by the University of Marburg extend- 

 ing from the year 1877 to 1913, and a small collection 

 published by the Technical High School at Karlsruhe near 

 Berlin. The Marburg dissertations cover subjects in 

 Science, Medicine, Jurisprudence, Literature and Theology, 

 many of them being of great value to students. Those of 



