X. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, AUGUST 7th, 1912. 



The three hundred and fifty-first (351st) 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. R. H. Oambage, President, in the Chair. 

 Twenty-six members were present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



The certificate of a candidate for admission as an ordinary 

 member was read for the second time. 



Mr. W. J. Clunies Ross and Mr. O. A. Sussmilch were 

 appointed Scrutineers, and Mr. W. M. Hamlet deputed to 

 preside at the Ballot Box. 



The following gentleman was duly elected an ordinary 

 member of the Society : — 



Sidney Radcliff, Radium Hill Works, Woolwich. 



Dr. T. Harvey Johnston, The University, Brisbane, 

 having been nominated by the Council as a Corresponding 

 Member, was, after a ballot, declared to be duly elected. 



The President made the following announcements : — 



1. That at the meeting of 4th September the question 

 of popularising Forestry in Australia would be discussed. 



2. That a Popular Science Lecture, on "The wonders of 

 the Soil," would be delivered by Professor R. D. Watt, 

 m.a., b.Sc, in the Society's Hall, on the 15th August, 1912. 



3. That the Geological Section would meet on the 14th 

 August, 1912. 



4. That donations consisting of 12 volumes, 227 parts, 6 

 reports, 9 pamphlets, and 6 maps had been laid upon the 

 table. 



