ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS. 



The Medical Section held four meetings at which numerous 

 exhibits were shown, and the following papers were read and 

 discussed : — 



1. An outbreak of Dermatitis exfoliativa neonatorum, by Dr. 

 Walter Spencer. 



2. Bubonic Plague in 1141 B.C., by Frank Tidswell, m.b., and 

 J. Adam Dick, m.d. 



3. The Water Supply and Sewerage Systems of Sydney, by J. 

 M. Smail, m. Inst. c.e. 



Financial Position. — The Hon. Treasurer's Financial Statement 

 shows that a further sum of £150 has been repaid to the Clarke 

 Memorial Fund, and a balance of £36 14s. 5d. carried forward. 



Library. — The amount expended on the Library during the past 

 year was £128 15s. 6d., viz., £126 9s. 6d. for books and 

 periodicals, and £2 6s. for binding. Amongst other works pur- 

 chased were the collective indexes to the Transactions and 

 Abstracts of the Chemical Society, London, from 1841 to 1892. 

 The want of more shelving accommodation for the books is badly 

 felt. 



Exchanges.— Last year we exchanged our Journal with four 

 hundred and fourteen kindred Societies, receiving in return two 

 hundred and thirty-eight volumes, one thousand seven hundred 

 and forty parts, one hundred and fifty-eight reports, one hundred 

 and eighty-nine pamphlets, one framed photo, twenty-four 

 mounted photos, fifteen meteorological charts, two maps, one 

 atlas each hydrographic, and geological charts, a total of two 

 thousand three hundred and sixty-nine publications. The follow- 

 ing institutions have been added to the exchange list : — 

 Naturhistorische Gesellschaft, Nuremberg ; British Medical 

 Association (N.S.W. Branch); Mount Kosciusko Observatory, 

 N.S.W. ; Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu ; University 

 of Chicago Press ; Maryland Geological Survey, Baltimore ; 

 Editor of the Mineral Industry, New York ; American Institute 

 of Electrical Engineers, New York. 



