ABSTRACT OP PROCEEDINGS. IX. 



Dr. J. B. Oleland, President in the Chair. 

 Thirty-one members were present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



The certificates of nine candidates for admission as 

 ordinary members were read: seven for the second, and 

 two for the first time. 



Mr. W. Welch and Mr. E. Oheel were appointed Scru- 

 tineers, and Dr. Greig-Smith deputed to preside at the 

 Ballot Box. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary 

 members of the Society: — 



Robert Henry Bond, Chief Brewer, Messrs. Toohey's 

 Limited, 4 Tiro-Tiro,' Middleton Street, Stanmore. 



Ernest Breakwell, b.a., b.Sc, Government Agros- 



tologist, Botanic Gardens, Sydney. 

 Frederick William Carpenter, m.a., Senior Science 



Master, Sydney Grammar School, College Street* 



Sydney. 

 Alfred Edward Hurse, a.m.i.c.e., Civil Engineer* 



'Llanfair,' Robert Street, Strathfield. 

 William Poole, b.e., Assoc, m. inst. c.e., m.i.m.m., l.s., Con- 

 sulting Engineer, 906 Oulwulla Chambers, Castle- 



reagh Street, Sydney. 

 Samuel Edward Sibley, Chemist, 'Garnella,' Blenheim 



Street, Randwick. 



Wilfred Joseph Spruson, Consulting Engineer and 

 Patent Attorney, 91 Elizabeth Street, Sydney. 



A letter was read from Mr. William Scott, in which lie 

 expressed thanks for the Society's sympathy in the death 

 of his father, the late Rev. William Scott. 



Six volumes, one hundred and fifty-six parts, one calendar 

 and two reports were laid upon the table. 



