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3. Water conservation surveys of New South Wales, by H. G. 
McKinney, mM. Inst. C.E. 
4. Lift Bridge over the Murray at Swan Hill, by Percy Allan, 
Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., Assoc. M. Am. Soc. C.E. 
5. Centrifugal pump dredging in New South Wales, by A. B. 
Portus, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. 
6. The present position of the theory of the steam engine, by 
S. H. Barraclough, B.E., M.M.E. 
The average attendance of members and visitors was twenty- 
three. 
The Medical Section held a special general meeting in the 
Physics Lecture Room of the University of Sydney (by kind 
permission of the Senate) when Prof. Threlfall, m.a., gave a 
lecture-demonstration upon “The ‘x’ rays of Réntgen and their 
practical application.” 
Three ordinary bi-monthly meetings were also held in the 
Society’s Hall, when the following papers were read :— 
1. Some experiences of Skull and Head injuries with their results 
during a lengthy practice in Sydney, by Dr. F. Milford. 
2. Human Fallibility and its relation to accidents on Railway 
and by Sea, by Dr. S. T. Knaggs. 
3. Osteitis Deformans, by Dr. 8. Jamieson. 
4. Cardiac Thrombosis, by Drs. C. J. Martin and G. E. Rennie. 
5. Reception.—A ‘Reception’ to the members of the Society 
was held at the Society’s House on the 18th June, 1896, at 8 p.m., 
as a house-warming on the occasion of the Society taking possess- 
ion of its recently enlarged and newly decorated premises. About 
three hundred guests were present, including the Honorary 
President, His Excellency the Governor, Lady Hampden, the 
Hon. Dorothy Brand and Capt. Ferguson, A.p.c., the Minister for 
Lands, and the Minister for Justice. 
6. Fryanctan Posrrion.—From perusal ‘of the Hon. Treasurer's 
Financial Statement, it will be seen that the Society has paid its 
Way and has carried forward a balance of £14 6s. 11d. 
