XX. ABSTRACT OP PROCEEDINGS. 



OCTOBER 5th, 1921. 



The four hundred and twenty-fifth General Monthly 

 Meeting was held at the Society's House, 5 Elizabeth 

 Street, at 8 p.m. 



Mr. E. O. Andrews, President, in the Chair. 



Twenty-eight members and three visitors were present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



The President referred to the death of the Premier and 

 the following resolution was carried, the members standing: 



"That the members of the Royal Society of New South 

 Wales assembled at their general monthly meeting desire 

 to place on record their profound sorrow at the death of 

 the Hon. John Storey, m.l.a., Premier of this State, also 

 their deepest sympathy with Mrs. Storey and family in 

 their sad bereavement." 



The President welcomed Mr. H. D. Tiemann, m.e., m.f., 

 of the United States Forest Service who is visiting Aus- 

 tralia on problems relating to timber and forestry, and who 

 was present as a visitor. 



The certificates of six candidates for admission as 

 ordinary members were read for. the second time. 



Messrs. E. Cheel and W. R. Browne were appointed 

 Scrutineers, and Mr. W. S. Dun deputed to preside at the 

 Ballot Box. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary 

 members of the Society: — John Honeyford Campbell, John 

 Arthur Oresswick, Henry Gordon Farns worth, Alexander 

 Hugh Earle McDonald, Harold Wenholz, and Thomas 

 Lindsay Willan. 



A letter was read from Mrs. M. G. Shelley expressing 

 thanks for the sympathy extended to her family in the 



