XVI. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



AUGUST 1st., 1917. 



The three hundred and ninety-first General Monthly- 

 Meeting of the Royal Society of New South Wales was 

 held at the Society's House, 5 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, 

 at 8 p.m. 



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



Forty members and six visitors were present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



The certificates of two candidates for admission as 

 ordinary members were read for the second time. 



Mr. A. D. Ollb and Mr. E. Oheel were appointed Scru- 

 tineers, and Professor Fawsitt deputed to preside at the 

 Ballot Box. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary 

 members of the Society: — 



Herbert Tate, Manufacturer, Bridge Road, Stanmore. 

 Thomas Irwin Wallas, Bacteriologist, 175 Macquarie 

 street, Sydney. 



It was announced that the Engineering Association of 

 New South Wales, tenants of this Society, had kindly placed 

 their library at the disposal of members of the Royal 

 Society, for reference purposes. 



Five volumes, one hundred and fifty-nine parts, and nine 

 reports were laid upon the table. 



THE FOLLOWING PAPER WAS READ.* 



" On the Resin of the Outer Bark of Melaleuca uncinata," 

 by H. G. Smith, f.c.s. 



The following discussion then took place upon Mr.KEELE's 

 paper, " The Sydney Water Supply": — 



Mr. J. H. Oardew, m. inst. c.e.. apologised for the absence 

 of Mr. H. G. McKinney, who was prevented through illness 



