ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Jojml j&oaetg of Jhfo j^otttj) Males. 



MAY 5th, 1915. 



The Annual Meeting, being the three hundred and 

 seventy-second General Monthly Meeting of the Society, 

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

 at 8 p.m. 



Mr. C. Hbdley, President, in the Chair. 



Thirty-six members and six visitors were present. 



The minutes of the General Monthly Meeting of the 2nd 

 December, 1914, were read and confirmed. 



The certificates of three candidates for admission as 

 ordinary members were read for the first time. 



Professor R. D. Watt and Mr. J. E. Carne were appointed 

 Scrutineers, and Mr. H. G. Smith deputed to preside at 

 the Ballot Box. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected Honorary 

 Members of the Society: — 



Sir J. J. Thomson, o.m., d.Sc, p.r.s., Nobel Laureate, 

 Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics in the 

 University of Cambridge, and Andrew Gibb Maitland, 

 f.g.s., Government Geologist of Western Australia. 



The President announced that on account of the War, it 

 had been decided not to hold the Annual Dinner this year. 



It was also announced that the following members had 

 either gone or were preparing to go to the front: — 



