PBESIDENT S ADDBESS. 3 



British Economic Association, London. 



British Medical Association, N.S.W. Branch, Sydney. 



Department of Agriculture, Cheyenne, U.S.A. 



Imperial Institute, London. 



Mason University College, Birmingham. 



Museu Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 



Western Society of Engineers, Chicago, U.S.A. 



Papers read in 1900. — During the past year the Society held 

 eight meetings, at which twenty-one papers were read ; the 

 average attendance of members was thirty-five, and of visitors 

 three. The papers will duly appear in the Society's Journal, so 

 that there is no necessity to repeat their titles here. 



Four papers were read before the Engineering Section and 

 they have been printed, together with the discussion upon them, 

 in the Society's Journal ; the Section held three meetings at 

 which the average attendance of members and visitors was 

 twenty-two. 



Lectures — To add variety to the Society's meetings a course of 

 five lectures has been delivered during the past year: they were 

 so well attended by the members and their friends as to tax the 

 capacity of our hall; as will be seen from the programme for 

 1901-1902 a course has also been arranged for the ensuing 

 year, and it is to be hoped that similar courses of lectures will 

 henceforth continue to be a feature of the Society's work. 



Revision of Rules. — At the meeting held in December last, 

 certain of the rules of the Society were revised, and the amend- 

 ments have since been duly ratified this evening ; the most 

 important change is in the rules providing for the election of 

 Honorary and Corresponding Members ; the number of Honorary 

 Members, who must be of eminent scientific attainments or 

 distinguished promotors of the objects of the Society, has been 

 increased from twenty to thirty (twenty of whom must be non- 

 resident in Australia), and three can be elected in the year 

 instead of two as heretofore. Corresponding Members will no 



