ABSTRACT OP PROCEEDINGS. XXxiii. 



ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, SEPTEMBER 26, 1901. 



A Conversazione was held in the Great Hall of the University, 

 on Thursday, September 26, at 8 p.m. The Hall and approaches 

 were decorated with ferns, palms, and rare pot plants, generously 

 supplied by Mr. J. H. Maiden, f.l.s., Director of the Botanic 

 Gardens ; and the former also festooned with flags and banners. 

 The paths to the various Laboratories were lighted with incan- 

 descent electric lamps kindly furnished by Mr. W. L. Vernon, 

 Government Architect. 



The guests numbered about 600. Unfortunately His Excellency 

 the Lieutenant-Governor, who had notified his intention of being 

 present, was at the last moment prevented by his medical adviser. 



His Excellency Admiral Beaumont, Lady Beaumont, and the 

 officers from the various war vessels in harbour were present. 



EXHIBITS. — GREAT HALL. 



1. Apparatus. — R. Teece, Esq., f.i.a , f.p.a. (Australian Mutual 

 Provident Society), Modern calculating machines. 



2. Rarebooks. — H. E. Barff, Esq., m.a., Registrar and Librarian, 



University of Sydney, (a) xVntiquities of Mexico — Edward, Lord 

 Kingsborough, coloured plates, 9 vols., Lend., 1830 - 48; (b) Eauna 

 and flora of the Gulf of Naples, published by the Zoological Station 

 at Naples, 1897 ; (c) Lepsius' Egyptian and Ethiopian antiquities, 

 12 vols., Berlin, 1859; (d) Shakespeare illustrations; (e) Egyptian 

 Book of the Dead; (f) Coptic manuscripts — miracles, etc. 



3. Erom Botanic Gardens. — J. H. Maiden, Esq., f.l.s., Director, 



(a) Palms and other decorative plants ; (b) Freshly cut specimens 

 of flowers of horticultural or botanical interest (names attached). 



4. Pictures.— 0. A. Benbow, Esq., (a) The Edge of the Plains ; 



(b) Present and Past, or an Aboriginal's first sight of civilisation. 



5. Anthropological instruments, used for measuring the children 

 cf New South Wales for the Census 1901. — H. J. W. Brennand, 

 Esq., b.a., m.b., {a) Anthropometer for measuring the vertical height 

 of persons up to 6 feet 6 inches (2 metres), or of any part of the 



c— Sept. 26, 1901. 



