XVi. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, 
HopGson, RALPH VIVIAN, Barrister-at-Law, Wentworth 
Court, Elizabeth-street ; p.r. ‘Tower Cottage,’ Old 
South Head Road. 
KEENAN, Rev. BERNARD, D.D., etc., “ Royston,’ Rose Bay. 
McInrosH, ARTHUR MARSHALL, Dentist, ‘Calahla,’ Manly. 
OscHATZ, ALFRED LEOPOLD, Teacher of Languages, 167 
Victoria-street, Potts Point. 
PAWLEY, CHARLES LEWIS, Dentist, 137 Regent-st., City. 
WoOOLNOUGH, WALTER GEORGE, D. Sc., ete, Demonstrator in 
Geology, University of Sydney. 
The Chairman made the following announcements :— 
1. That the Monthly Meeting of the Engineering Section 
would be held on Wednesday, July 18th, at 8 p.m. 
2. That the Second Popular Science Lecture of the Session 
would be delivered on Thursday, July 19th, at 8 p.m., on 
‘Our Water Supply from source to distribution,’ by J. M. 
SMAIL, . Inst. c.E., Engineer-in-Chief, Board of Water Supply 
and Sewerage, and E. STOKES, M.B., D.P.H., Medical Officer, 
Board of Water Supply and Sewerage. 
A circular was read from the Farrer Memorial Committee 
inviting contributions towards establishing a_ suitable 
memorial to perpetuate the memory of the late Mr. W. J. 
FARRER, Who has done so much important work in the 
improvement of wheats. Subscriptions are received by 
Mr. F. W. A. DOWNES, M.L.A., and Mr. G. W. WALKER. 
Twenty-seven volumes, 60 parts, and 15 reports, total 
102, received from the United States of America as dona- 
tions, were laid upon the table and acknowledged. 
THE FOLLOWING PAPER WAS READ: 
‘** The testing of building materials on abrasion by the sand 
blast apparatus,’’ by H. BuRcHARTz, of the Royal 
Testing Laboratory, Berlin, (Communicated by Pro- 
fessor W. H. WARREN, ©™. Inst. C.E. 
Remarks were made by Mr. W. A. Dixon, Dr. SCHEIDEL 
and the President. 
