ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. xix. 



ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, JULY 4, 1900. 



The General Monthly Meeting of the Society was held at the 

 Society's House, No. 5 Elizabeth-street North, on Wednesday 

 evening, July 4th, 1900. 



The President, Prof. Liversidge, m.a., ll.d., f.r.s., in the Chair. 



About seventy members and visitors were present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



Messrs. H. E. Barff and R. R. Garran were appointed Scrutineers, 

 and Dr. H. G. A. Wright deputed to preside at the Ballot Box. 



The certificates of four candidates were read for the third time, 

 and of two for the second time. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members 

 of the Society : — 



Helms, Richard, Experimentalist, Department of Agriculture. 

 Jarman, A., a.r.s.m., Demonstrator, University of Sydney. 

 Stewart, James Douglas, m.r.c.v.s. Edin.; Cowper-street, 



Randwick. 

 Turner, Basil William, a.r.s.m., f'.c.S., Lecturer in Metallurgy, 

 University of Sydney ; 14 Castlereagh-street. 



The meeting then resolved itself into an informal Conversazione 

 and Smoke evening. 



THE FOLLOWING EXHIBITS WERE SHEWN : 



Baker, R. T., f.l.s. — 1. Model of Chinese Lady's foot. 2. Edible 

 birds' nests from North Borneo. 3. Models of edible fishes. 



Bruce, J. L. — 1. Pipe illustrating galvanic action of hot Sydney 

 water on lead pipe. The pipe formed part of a hot-water pipe 

 circulation, having a wrought-iron boiler at one end, a copper 

 cylinder at the other end. 2. Examples of lead pipe destroyed by 

 galvanic action in cold-water cisterns, Sydney water. The couple 

 was constituted by contact of a copper cylinder or cistern and the 

 lead pipe, under the ordinary Sydney water. 3. Example of cast- 

 iron pipe from Hunter River District water supply, effect of 



