ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. XVII. 



Earp, Frederick Lyle Grutzmaclier, Max Henry, Ralph 

 Liddle Houston, Henry Barton Madden, Robert Martin, 

 Duncan McGeachie, William Henry McGlynn, Hector Oram, 

 Hugh Raymond Guy Poate, Hugh Thomas and Robert 

 Oeorge Kin loch Waley. 



The President announced that a Popular Science Lecture 

 entitled, "The Causes of Earthquakes," would be delivered 

 by Mr. L. A. Cotton, m.a., b.Sc., on Thursday, 16th October, 

 1919. 



A letter was read from the Secretary, Royal Society, 

 London, stating that there was a difficulty in financing the 

 publication of the International Catalogue of Scientific 

 Literature on its former scale, and the President stated 

 that the Council had replied urging that the publication be 

 not curtailed, at least until some scheme has been considered 

 for adequate national contributions. 



The President announced that Australia had been invited 

 tojoin the International ResearchOouncil,and in connection 

 therewith the Royal Society of London had asked this 

 Society to take steps towards forming a National Research 

 Council in Australia. In pursuance of this request a con- 

 ference of scientific societies had been held in Sydney and 

 a provisional National Research Council formed. 



One volume, 74 parts and 1 map were laid upon the table. 



THE FOLLOWING PAPERS WERE READ: 



1. "On the Hydrolysis of Urea Hydrochloride," by G. J. 



Burrows, B.Sc. 



2. "Notes on the Elastic Properties of Selenium," by 



Assistant-Professor O. U. Vonwiller, B.Sc. Remarks 

 were made by Professor J. A. Pollock, Messrs. A. B. 

 Hector and E. E. Turner, and the President. 



exhibit: 

 Professor David exhibited a new meteorite from Bingara, 

 weighing 6 lbs. 3 ozs. It comes under the Hexahedrite 



