XXVI. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



of places, but it does not appear that he published indepen- 

 dently. His last appointment under the Lands Department 

 was at Braidwood as District Surveyor, and when he retired 

 from that office he continued to reside there, where he died 

 on the 5th June, 1886. This note is published, and frame 

 containing three portraits taken at different periods of 

 his life, is hung on the Society's walls in furtherance of 

 a suggestion made by the writer of this note in the Journal 

 of this Society, Vol. xlvi, p. 17. 



2. Model showing the Orbit of the present Oomet 

 (Westphal), in relation to the Sun and Earth, by Pro- 

 fessor W. E. Cooke, m.a. 



ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, DECEMBER 3rd, 1913. 



The three hundred and sixty-third (363rd) General 

 Monthly Meeting of the Royal Society of New South Wales 

 was held at the Society's House, 5 Elizabeth-street North,, 

 at 8 p.m. 



Mr. H. G. Smith, President, in the Chair. 



Twenty-three members and two visitors were present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and 1 

 confirmed. 



The certificates of candidates for admission as ordinary 

 members were read : one for the second, and two for the 

 first time. 



Mr. L. Hargrave and Dr. G. Harker were appointed 

 Scrutineers, and Mr. R. H. Oambage deputed to preside at 

 the Ballot Box. 



