ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. XV11. 



ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, AUGUST 3, 1898. 



The General Monthly Meeting of the Society was held at the 

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

 evening, August 3rd, 1898. 



The President, G. H. Knibbs, f.r.a.s., in the Chair. 



Twenty-four members were present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



Two new members enrolled their names and were introduced. 



The certificates of three candidates were read for the second 

 time, and of three for the first time. 



The President made the following announcements: — 



1. That it was necessary and customary for authors to furnish 



the Hon. Secretaries with short abstracts of their papers prior 

 to being read before the Society, such being required both 

 for Press purposes and for the printed monthly abstract of 

 Proceedings. 



2. That at the last meeting of the Council it had been decided to 



obtain for the convenience of the members of the Society the 

 complete International Scientific catalogue. Students of 

 Science are familiar with the bibliographical difficulties which 

 beset every attempt to obtain complete information of the 

 state of any branch of Science, and the formation of an 

 International catalogue, in which will be set forth immedi- 

 ately, every publication in Science throughout the length and 

 breadth of the world, is a boon, the value of which it is 

 impossible to overestimate. He need hardly say that the 

 decision of the Council in respect of this matter will be very 

 heartily appreciated by every student or investigator in our 

 membership : the opportunity of easily becoming acquainted 

 with every accession of scientific knowledge is now within 

 measurable distance, and it is to be hoped that a correspond- 

 ing stimulus will be given here to scientific {research without, 

 which we hardly take our place in the civilized world. 



b— Aug. 3, 1898. 



