380 PROCEEDINGS. 
The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members 
of the Society :— | 
Cowdery, G. R.; Sydney. 
Gundlach, Louis Richard ; Manly. 
Kesteven, Leighton, m.r.c.s. Hng., &e.; North Sydney. 
MacCarthy, Charles W., M.p., F.R.c.8. Lvel., &c.; Sydney. 
McDonagh, John M., B.a., M.D., M.R.c.P. Lond., F.R.0.8. Lrel.; 
Sydney. 
Power, John J., M.B., M. Ch. Univ. Dub.; Sydney. 
Rossbach, William, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E.; Sydney. 
Scarr, Percy ; Sydney. 
Schofield, James Alexander ; Sydney. 
Webster, James Phillip, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E.; Marrickville. 
Woodward, G. P. M., m.p. Bruw., M.R.c.P. Lrel., F.R.0.8. Lrel.;. 
Sydney. 
Thirty-four volumes, ninety-five parts, nine pamphlets and one 
hydrographic chart received as donations since the last meeting 
were laid upon the table and acknowledged. 
A letter from Mr. James Nisbet of Narrawin Station to Mr. 
H. C. Russell was read, in which reference was made to the un- 
accountable death of large numbers of fish in the station lagoon, 
in a single night. 
Mr. J. M. Smal, M. Inst .c.E., read a paper “On the Ventilation 
of Sewers and Drains.” 
The discussion upon this paper was postponed to the next 
meeting of the Civil and Mechanical Engineering Section. : 
A model of the Cowra Bridge was exhibited by Mr. RoBERT 
HIcKsoN, M. Inst.C.E., and a Weather Forecasting Diagram was 
exhibited and explained by Mr. H. C. RUSSELL, B.A., C.M.G., F.R.S. 
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1892. 
Prof. WARREN, M. Inst. C.E., President, in the Chair. 
Forty-three members and four visitors were present. 
The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 
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