XU. ABSTRACT OP PROCEEDINGS. 



Acting Professor Cotton and Mr. R. W. Ohallinor were 

 appointed Scrutineers, and Mr. B. C. Andrews deputed to 

 preside at the Ballot Box. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary 

 members of the Society: — 



Norman Charles Nash, Analytical Chemist, 4 Tre- 



leaven,' Darling Street, Balmain East. 

 Dansie Thomas Sawkins, m.a., Trigonometrical Sur- 

 veyor, • Brymedura,' Kissing Point Road, Turra- 

 murra. 



Mrs. J. F. Flashman wrote thanking the Society for 

 sympathy in her recent bereavement. 



Two volumes, seventy-two parts, five reports and one 

 calendar, were laid upon the table. 



THE FOLLOWING PAPERS WERE READ: 



1. "The Problem of the Great Australian Artesian Basin," 

 by Alexander L. du Toit, d.Sc, f.r.s.s., (communicated 

 by J. B. Carne). 



Remarks were made by Acting Professor Cotton and 

 Mr. Andrews. 



2. "Sydney Water Supply," by T. W. Keele, m. inst. c.e. 



On the motion of Mr. J. H. Cardew, seconded by Mr. 

 H. G. McKinney, it was decided to postpone the discussion 

 on Mr. Keele's paper until the Council had set apart an 

 evening for the purpose. 



exhibits: 

 1. Rev. Dr. Roseby exhibited a chart of Southern Cir- 

 cumpolar Stars, and explained a simple method of finding 

 the "South Pole" star, Sigma Octantis. 



In exhibiting the New Southern Circumpolar Map issued by 

 the N.S.W. Branch of the British Astronomical Association, Dr. 

 Roseby remarked on the very few people who have ever seen the 

 South Pole Star. Hardly one in ten thousand people in the 



