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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. 
By HENRY G. SMITH, F.C.S. 
[Delivered to the Royal Society of N.S. Wales, May 6th, 1914. | 
IT is now my privilege, on this, the ninety-third anniversary 
of the foundation of this Society, to address you as your 
President. It gives me great pleasure to be able to con- 
gratulate you on the present satisfactory position of the © 
Society; the membership has increased, and no less than 
eleven new members were admitted on one evening. The 
financial statement, together with other items of interest 
concerning the progress of the Society, will be found 
recorded in the report from the Council, published in 
another portion of the Journal. 
Considerable interest was taken by the members in the 
proceedings at the monthly meetings, and the four popular 
Science Lectures were well attended, not only by the 
members, but also by the general public. In some instances 
the available room was not sufficient to accommodate all 
who wished to be present. This attempt by the Society 
to popularise science in Sydney is to be commended, and 
should be continued. It speaks well for the active interest 
in science, that members are willing to undertake the great 
’ trouble of preparing lectures of the nature of those so far 
given, and such effort must tend eventually to awaken 
more general interest in scientific subjects. 
The Society is, therefore, grateful to Mr. H. C. Andrews, 
B.A., Mr. James Nangle, Mr. W. M. Hamlet, F.I.c., and to 
Professor W. H. Warren, for delivering these lectures dur- 
ing the year. 
A—May 6. 1914. 
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