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WEDNESDAY, 4th JULY, 1888. 

 "Sir Alfred Roberts, President, in the Chair. 

 Twenty-four members were present. 

 The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The certificates of three new candidates were read for the third 

 time, of two for the second time, and of one for the first time. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members 

 of the Society : — 



Johnson, Alexr. Mackey, M.D., Ch. M., K. Univ., Irel., 



Sydney. 

 Mullins, George Lane, B. A., M. B., Trin. Coll., Dub., 



F.R.M.S., Sydney. 

 Roth, Walter E., B.A., Oxon., Sydney. 



The Chairman announced that the Council had resolved to 

 hold a Conversazione in the Great Hall of the University, on 

 Wednesday, 5th September. 



A discussion took place upon Mr. W. E. Abbott's paper on 

 " Forest Destruction in New South Wales, and its Effect on the 

 Flow of Water in Water-courses and on the Rainfall," read at 

 the previous Monthly Meeting, in which the following gentlemen 

 took part, viz. : Messrs. F. B. Gipps, H. C. Russell, J. F. Mann, 

 Hon. G. H. Cox, M.L.C., J. B. Henson, W. M. Hamlet, Rev. S. 

 Wilkinson, and the Author. 



Mr. H. C. Russell, B.A., F.R.S., read a paper on "An 

 Improvement in Anemometers." A discussion ensued, in which 

 Profr. Threlfall, Messrs. J. S. Mitchell, the Hon. G. H. Cox, 

 J. F. Mann, the Chairman, and the Author took part. 



In the absence of the author, the Hon. Secretary read a paper 

 by the Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods, F.L.S., on " The Anatomy and 

 Life-History of Mollusca peculiar to Australia," the paper was 

 illustrated by coloured drawings and a series of microscopic slides. 



The thanks of the Society were accorded to the various Authors 

 for their valuable papers. 



The following donations were laid upon the table and 

 acknowledged : — 



Donations Received during the Month of June, 1888. 



(The Names of the Donors are in Italics.) 



TRANSACTIONS, JOUENALS, REPORTS, &c. 



Aberdeen — University. Calendar for the year 1888-80. The University. 



