ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. XXX111. 



ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, OCTOBER 3, 1900. 



The General Monthly Meeting of the Society was held at the 

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

 evening, October 3rd, 1900. 



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



Twenty -four members were present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mr. L. Whitfeld and His Honor Judge Docker were appointed 

 Scrutineers, and Dr. F. H. Quaife deputed to preside at the 

 Ballot Box. 



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

 and of three for the second time. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members 

 of the Society : — 



Canty, M., Registrar, Land Tax Department; 13 York-st. 

 Elashman, James Froude, Doctor of Medicine; 'Totnes,' 



Temple-street, Petersham. 

 Ralston, John Thompson, Solicitor ; 86 Pitt-street. 

 Simpson, Richard Christopher, Demonstrator of Physics ; 



Physics Department, Sydney University. 



The President announced that the Fifth Science Lecture of the 

 Royal Society of New South Wales' series for 1900, viz., " Some 

 phases of Mammalian Development " by J. T. Wilson, m.b., Ch.M. 

 Edin., Professor of Anatomy, University of Sydney, would be 

 given in the Royal Society's House on the 17th instant. 



THE FOLLOWING PAPERS WERE READ ; 



1 "Marriage and Descent among the Australian Aborigines," by 

 R. H. Mathews, l.s., Corres. Memb. Anthrop. Soc, Wash- 

 ington, U.S.A. 



In this short paper the author dealt with the social laws of some 

 tribes in New South Wales, Queensland, and elsewhere. Tables 

 and genealogies were supplied illustrating the marriage restrictions, 



c— Oct. 3, 1900. 



