10 J. H. MAIDEN. 
Part II.—Progress of Science in New South Wales dur- 
ing the past year.—Before proceeding to a review of work 
already done, let me draw attention to the forthcoming meeting 
of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 
to be held in Sydney in January next. It will be an event of 
high importance, particularly to Australian scientific men. The 
meeting will take place ten years after the first meeting of the 
Association in Sydney, which deserves strong support, if only for 
the reason that it has done so much to bring the scientific workers — 
of Australasia together for both intellectual and social intercourse. 
If our large centres of population were more numerous, and the 
distances between them not so great, there is no doubt that more 
frequent meetings of this character would be welcomed. 
The organization is in full working order for the forthcoming 
Sydney campaign, and Presidents and Secretaries of Sections have 
been appointed. I would recommend all of our members who are 
not yet in possession of information as to the preliminary details 
of the meeting to apply to Prof. Liversidge, LL.D., F.R.8., the 
Permanent Hon. Secretary, and now President elect, at the 
Sydney University. 
1. PuystoLocy.—In the physiological laboratory of the Uni- 
versity of Sydney, in addition to various other works in progress, 
a new contrast phenomenon has been observed and worked out by 
Professor T. P. Anderson Stuart, and an account of the same will 
be published shortly. 
In this department of science, we in Sydney have to deplore 
the loss of a distinguished worker. Our loss is Melbourne’s gain, 
and I trust that Dr. C. J. Martin may occasionally favour us 
with the results of work carried out by him. During the past 
year Dr. Martin completed his investigation into the action of the 
well-known Darling pea (Swainsona galegifolia) on sheep. ‘The 
report is in the hands of the Department of Agriculture, and 
many of us look forward to perusal of it. The operation of the 
plant is slow, but it eventually, if consumed for over one month, 
occasions degeneration of nerve fibres near their destinations 
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