viii. ABSTRACT OP PROCEEDINGS. 



Mr. W. M. Hamlet, f.i.c, f.c.s., then read his Presi- 

 dential Address. 



A vote of thanks was passed to the retiring President, 

 and Mr. H. Deane Walsh, b.a.i., m. inst. c.e., was installed 

 as President for the ensuing year. 



Mr. Walsh thanked the members for the honour conferred 

 upon him. 



ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, JUNE 2, 1909. 



The General Monthly Meeting of the Society was held 

 at the Society's House, No. 5 Elizabeth-street North, on 

 Wednesday evening, June 2nd, 1909. 



H. D. Walsh, b.a.i., m. inst. c.e., President, in the Chair. 

 Twenty-six members were present. 

 The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



Dr. T. Cooksey and Mr. D. J. K. Colley were appointed 

 Scrutineers and Mr. H. Deane deputed to preside at the 

 Ballot Box. 



The certificates of five candidates were read for the 

 second time, and of three for the first time. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary 

 members of the Society : — 



Calvert, Thomas Copley, Manly. 

 Carne, Joseph Edmund, Department of Mines. 

 Chapman, H. GL, m.d., University of Sydney. 

 Cleland, John Burton, m.d., Bureau of Microbiology. 

 Fawsitt, Professor Charles Edward, d.sc, University 

 of Sydney. 



