X. ABSTRACT OP PROCEEDINGS. 



Books and periodicals have been purchased at a cost of 

 £118 6s. 4d., binding books amounted to £9 9s., making the 

 amount spent upon the Library £127 15s. 4d. 



The number of Institutions on the Exchange list is 425 ; 

 publications received in exchange for the Society's Journal 

 and Proceedings during the past year were: — 235 volumes, 

 2,227 parts, 165 reports, 111 pamphlets and 3 maps, total 

 2,741. 



During the past year the Society held eight meetings at 

 which 14 papers were read: the average attendance of 

 members was 31*7 and of visitors 1*6. 



The Engineering Section held six meetings at which five 

 papers were read and discussed. 



On August 30th and September 3rd, a Conversazione in 

 conjunction with the Enginneering Association, the Elec- 

 trical Association, and the Institute of Architects was held 

 in lieu of the usual Monthly Meeting. 



POPULAR SCIENCE LECTURES. 



A series of Popular Science Lectures, illustrated by 

 lantern slides was delivered during 1906 at the Society's 

 House, at 8 p.m., as follows: — 

 June 21 — "Some Results of Archaeological Work in Jerusalem" 



by Professor Anderson Stuart, m.d., ll.d. 

 July 19 — "Our Water Supply from source to distribution" by 



J. M. Smail, m. Inst. C.B., Engineer-in-Chief, Board of Water 



Supply and Sewerage, and E. S. Stokes, m.b., d.p.h., Medical 



Officer, Board of Water Supply and Sewerage. 

 Aug. 16 — "Sir Joseph Banks the 'Father of Australia' '," by J. H. 



Maiden, f.l.s., Director of the Botanic Gardens. 

 Sept. 20 — "Recent Developments in Long Distance Electrical 



Transmission" by T. Rooke, Assoc, m. Inst. C.E., City Electrical 



Engineer. 

 Nov. 15 — "Chapters in Early Australian History" by F. M. 



Bladen, f.r.g.s., f.r.h.s. (Lond.). 



