X. ABSTRACT OP PROCEEDINGS. 



The congratulations of the Society were conveyed by the 

 President to Mr. J. H. Maiden who had recently been 

 honoured by His Majesty the King in being made a Com- 

 panion of the Imperial Service Order. 



The President announced that two Popular Science 

 Lectures would be delivered this session, namely: — 



1. "The Chemistry of Nitrogen and its value for Food- 



Stuffs and Explosives," by R. K. Murphy, Dr. Ing. 

 Ohem. Eng. 



2. "The Debt of Agriculture to Science," by Professor 



R. D. Watt, m.a., d.Sc 



Three volumes, 61 parts, and 5 reports were laid upon 

 the table. 



THE FOLLOWING PAPERS WERE READ : 



1. "Some Amphipoda and Isopoda from Barrington Tops," 



by Charles Chilton, m.a., d.Sc (Communicated by 

 Mr. C. Hedley). 



2. " The Analysis of Toluene and Benzene in Coal Tar Oils," 



by George Harker, d.Sc. 



Remarks were made by Mr. Hamlet, Mr. Ohallinor, 

 Dr. Murphy and Dr. Cooksey. 



3. "Notes on Australian Fungi, No. 3," by J. Burton 



Cleland, m.d., and E. Oheel. 

 Remarks were made by Mr. R. T. Baker. 



JULY 5th, 1916. 



The three hundred and eighty-second 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. 



Mr. T. H. Houghton, President, in the Chair. 



Forty members and fifty-five visitors were present. 



