ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



Hon. Treasurer: 

 D. CAEMENT, f.i.a., f.f.a. 

 Hon. Secretaries: 

 J. H. MAIDEN, f.l.s. | G. H. KNIBBS, f.b.a.s. 



Members of Council : 



S. H. BAEEACLOUGH, 



Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. 



Prof. T. W. E. DAVID, b.a., f.r.s. 

 H. DEANE, M.A., M. Inst. C.E. 

 T. F. FURBEE, f.r.a.s. 

 W. M. HAMLET, f.i.c., e.c.s. 



T. H. HOUGHTON, M. Inst. C.E. 

 H. C. RUSSELL, b.a., c.m.g., e.r.s 

 HENRY G. SMITH, f.c.s. 

 WALTER SPENCER, m.d. 

 J. STUAET THOM 



The certificate of one candidate was read for the third 

 time, of one for the second time, and of six for the first 

 time. 



The following gentleman was duly elected an ordinary 

 member of the Society, viz: — 



Harker, George, d.sc. Petersham. 



Thirty-three volumes, 410 parts, 39 reports, 10 pamphlets, 

 1 map, and 1 atlas of charts, total 494, being portion of the 

 donations received since the last meeting, were laid upon 

 the table and acknowledged. 



The following letter was received from Mr. L. W. 

 Marcker, Consul for Denmark : — 



Consulate of Denmark, Sydney, N.S.W. 

 February 9th, 3905. 

 Sir, — The sympathy which has been shown by men of science from all 

 parts of the world over the death of the young Danish scientist Professor 

 Mils E. Finsen, and the numerous foreign enquiries which have been 

 made, asking permission to take part in the movement started in Denmark 

 to raise funds, according to the deceased's last wish, to enable the scien- 

 tific institution called the Finsens Institute (to which Finsen presented 

 the Nobel Prize won by him) to continue the researches, so ably begun 

 by him, has resulted in that the original Danish Committee now has 

 become a universal one. Sub-committees have been started in England, 

 all over the Continent, and in America. At the request of the Danish 

 Committee, the Consulate has received instructions from the Ministry for 

 Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen, to place the matter before the scientific 

 bodies in Sydney, I therefore, herewith have the honour to request you 



