"toll. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



Rule XXXV. shall be numbered XXXVI., and shall read as 

 follows: — 



Reports from Sections. 



The Secretary of each Section shall keep minutes of its pro- 

 ceedings. The Chairman and the Secretary shall jointly prepare 

 and forward to the Hon. Secretaries of the Society, on or before 

 the 21st December in each year, a report of the proceedings of 

 the Section during that year, in order that the same may be laid 

 before the Council. 



Rule XXXVI. shall be numbered XXXI., and shall be hea 

 Reports upon the Society's Property." 

 Rule XXXVII. shall be numbered XXXII. 



Rules XXXVIII., XXXIX., XL., and XLL, shall be num 

 bered XXXVII., XXXVIII., XXXIX., XL. respectively. 

 Forms 4, 5, and 6 shall be omitted, and Forms 7 and 8 shall 

 e numbered 4 and 5. 

 The following letter was received from SirWilliam Crookes, f.r.s., 

 acknowledging his election as Honorary member of the Society : 

 7, Kensington Park Gardens, 



London, W., March 1st, 1901. 

 The Hon. Secretaries, Koyal Society of New South Wales, Sydney. 



My dear Sirs, — I feel deeply the honour done me by the President and 

 members of the Eoyal Society of New South Wales in electing me an 

 Honorary Member, and I much appreciate the complimentary words in 

 which the information has been conveyed to me. 



The knowledge that my attempts to elucidate some of the Laws of 

 Nature in one small corner of her boundless field, are felt worthy of 

 recognition by your old and important Society will be an additional 

 stimulus to renewed researches on my part. 



Believe me to remain, dear Sirs, very sincerely yours, 

 (Signed) WILLIAM CEOOKES. 



An informal letter, dated March 2nd, 1901, was received by 

 the President from Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, k.c.m.g., 

 f.r.s., Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, in which Sir William 

 explained that he felt he could more fully and gratefully acknow- 

 ledge the great honour which the Society had shown to him by 

 electing him an Honorary Member, than in a purely formal reply. 



