XXVIii. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, 
The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary 
members of the Society :— 
BROWN, JAMES B., Resident Master, Technical School, 
Granville, ‘Kingston,’ Merrylands. 
CoLLEY, DAVID JOHN K., Superintendent, Royal Mint, 
Sydney. . 
Epps, WILLIAM, Secretary, Royal Prince Alfred 
Hospital, Sydney. 
The President made the following announcements :— 
1. That the fifth Popular Science Lecture of the Session 
would be delivered on Thursday, November 15th at 8 p.m., 
on “‘Chapters in Harly Australian History,’”’ by F. M. 
BLADEN, F.R.G.S., F.R.H.S. (Lond.) 
2. That the monthly meeting of the Engineering Section 
would be held on Wednesday, November 21st, at 8 p.m. 
3. Thatthe Australasian Association forthe Advancement 
of Science would open its next Session in Adelaide on 
January 7th, 1907. 
Forty-nine volumes, 186 parts, 33 reports, and 17 
pamphlets, total 285, received as donations were laid upon 
the table. 
THE FOLLOWING PAPERS WERE READ: 
1. ‘“‘ Notes on Some Native Tribes of Australia,’ by R. H. 
MATHEWS, L.S. 
Some remarks were made by the President. 
2. “Note on the Silurian and Devonian Rocks occurring 
to the west of the Canoblas Mountains, near Orange, 
N.S. Wales,”’ by C. A. SUSSMILCH, F.G.S. 
Remarks were made by Prof. Davip, Mr. W. J. CLUNIES 
Ross, and Dr. WooLnouGH. The author replied. 
Abstract of the fifth Popular Science Lecture, delivered 
15 November, 1906, ‘“‘Chapters in Harly Australian History”’ 
