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in constant use in the Sydney and Melbourne Mints. This 

 invention caused a complete revolution in the treatment of the 

 precious metals, and has been of great advantage to the Colonial 

 Mints, and of considerable profit to the mining interests ; but, 

 like many other originators of most useful inventions, he reaped 

 but a comparatively small reward for his important and valuable 

 discovery Mr. Miller was a Fellow of the Chemical Society of 

 London, and a Corresponding Member of the Royal Society 

 of N.S.W. 



At the end of last year, there were 4-88 Members on the roll. 

 Of these, thirteen have been removed by death ; seven have 

 resigned ; and ten have ceased to be Members through 

 non-compliance with the Rules of the Society, Twenty-four new 

 Members have been elected during the year ; so that the total 

 number of Members on the roll on 30th April, 1888, is 482. 



Michael Foster, M.D., F.R.S., Professor of Physiology, 

 University of Cambridge, was elected an Honorary Member 

 on 4 th May, 1887. 



During the past year the Library of the Society has been 

 enriched by the donation of 1244 Volumes and Pamphlets, two 

 Portfolios of Charts, and 30 loose Charts. 



During the past year the Society presented its Journal and 

 Proceedings, Vol. XX. for 1886, to 342 Societies and 

 Institutions, and Vol. XXI. for 1887, to 338, of which a list- 

 has been published. 



The following new Societies have entered into an exchange of 

 publications since last year, viz : — Society of Natural History, 

 Brookville, U.S.A. ; Editor of the .Journal of Comparative 

 Medicine and Surgery, New York ; Wagner Free Institute of 

 Science. Philadelphia ; Deutsche Seewarte, Hamburg ; German 

 Meteorological Society, Hamburg ; Vereins fur Erdkunde, 

 Leipzig : Sociedad Cientihca " Antonio Alzate," Mexico ; 

 Sociedad Cientifica Alemana Santiago de Chile ; Societe des 

 Naturalistes, Kietf, Russia. 



