ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. IX. 



The President made the following announcements : — 



1. That six volumes, 101 parts, 7 reports, and 293 pam- 

 phlets, total 407, received as donations since the previous 

 meeting, were laid upon the table and acknowledged. 



2. That the first Popular Science Lecture of the Session 

 would be delivered on Tuesday, June 22nd, at the St. James' 

 Hall, Phillip Street, on "Antarctic Notes," by Professor 

 T. W. B. David, f.r.s., etc. 



3. A letter had been received from Dr. Spencer stating 

 that there would be a meeting of the British Science Guild, 

 N.S. Wales Branch, in the Hall on Tuesday, the 15th inst., 

 and inviting members to be present. 



4. A letter had also been received from the University 

 of Sydney Medical Society, enclosing circular re untimely 

 death of Dr. Thomas Carlyle Parkinson, and the steps 

 taken to perpetuate his memory. 



Resolved that information contained in the circular be 

 included in the next abstract. 



University of Sydney Medical Society. 



May 14th, 1909. 

 At the Annual Meeting of the Society the following motions 

 were proposed by the President, and unanimously carried : — 



1. That it be placed on the records of the University of Sydney 



Medical Society that the members of the Society deep±y 

 and sincerely regret the untimely death of Thomas Carlyle 

 Parkinson, one of the most brilliant graduates of the 

 Medical School and an ex-President of the Society, whilst 

 engaged on research work on Plague Commission of 1908. 



2. That a sub-committee be at once formed to take steps to 



perpetuate his memory by erecting a tablet and establishing 



an Annual Prize in Pathology at the Medical School. 



Thomas Carlyle Parkinson passed straight through the 



Medical Course at the Sydney University, obtaining the highest 



honours each year, finally graduating with high distinction, and 



