X. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



July 20 — " The Ancient Italian House, with special reference 

 to Pompeii" by Dr. F. A. Todd. 



August 17 — " The Reign of Ill-custom in English Spelling" 

 by Professor E. R. Holme. 



September 21 — "The History of Taxation " by B. R. Gelling. 



(3) That a meeting to further the objects of Dr. Mawson's 

 Antarctic Expedition would take place in the vestibule of 

 the Town Hall, Sydney, on June 13th, at 4 p.m. 



(4) That the Geological Section would not meet this 

 month. 



(5) That donations consisting of 22 volumes, 88 parts, 12 

 reports, 24 pamphlets, and 3 maps, were laid upon the table. 



THE FOLLOWING PAPERS WERE READ: 



1. " Notes on Transition Curves," by W. Shellshear, 



m. inst. c.e. In the absence of the author, the paper was 

 read by Mr. H. Deane. 



2. "Notes on the Oxy-acetylene Welding Process," by 



Prof. S. Henry Barraclough, with a practical demon- 

 stration of cutting and welding steel by Mr. George 

 Kennedy. 



ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, JULY 5, 1911, 



The three hundred and forty-second (342nd) General 

 Monthly Meeting of the Royal Society of New South Wales 

 was held at the Society's House, 5 Elizabeth-street north, 

 on Wednesday, July 5th, 1911, at 8 p.m. 



Mr. J. H. Maiden, President, in the Chair. 



Twenty-one members and one visitor were present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



