Vlll. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



October 16— "The Causes of Earthquakes," by Mr. 

 L. A. Cotton, m.a., B.Sc 



November 20— "Temperature: ItsControland Measure- 

 ment," by Mr. W, M. Hamlet, F.i.c, F.c.s. 



Owing to the illness of Professor S. J. Johnston, the 

 lecture which stood in his name for June 19th, "On the 

 Ectoparasites of Man," was not delivered. 



On October 7th, 1919, a dinner was given by the Society 

 at the Burlington, 324 George Street, to those members 

 who had returned from active service at the front, and we 

 were honoured by the company of His Excellency the 

 Governor General Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson. 



The Acting-President announced that the following 

 Popular Science Lectures would be delivered this Session : 

 June 17th— "The Ectoparasites of Man," by Professor 

 S. J. Johntson, b.a., d.Sc. 



July 15th— "The Romance of Broken Hill," by Mr. 



E. C. Andrews, B.A., F.G.S. 

 August 19th — "Bovine Tuberculosis and the Necessity 



for its Repression," by Professor J. D. Stewart, 



B.V.Sc, M.R.C.V.S. 



September 16th — "Einstein's Theory of Space and 

 Time," by Mr. E. M. Wellish, m.a. 



It was announced that the following members had died 

 during the recess: — Mr. R. Etheridge, Mr. Edward Noyes 

 and Sir Thomas Anderson Stuart. 



Letters were read from Mr. N. Etheridge, Mrs. Noyes 

 and Lady Anderson Stuart expressing thanks for the 

 Society's sympathy in their recent bereavements. 



In pursuance of a previous notice of motion, Mr. A. B. 

 Hector moved: — "That the time is now opportune to con- 

 sider the advisability of obtaining for the Royal Society of 

 New South Wales, more commodious and up-to-date 



