Aopal Society of Hew South Wales, 
The Society's House, 5 Elizabeth Street, 
Sydney, 31st December, 1896. 
Sir,— We beg to inform you that the Society's Journal for the 
year 1896 has been duly forwarded to your address, as shown by 
the accompanying list, through the New South Wales Government 
Board Jor International Exchanges, Public Library, Sydney, or 
else by Post; should the packet not arrive within a reasonable time 
after the receipt of this circular, you are respectfully requested to 
communicate with the Royal Society of New South Wales in order 
that inquiry may be made. 
It is requested that the Volume may be acknowledged ty 
returning the Form of receipt (to be fownd stitched in the com- 
mencement of the volume) signed and dated in order that any 
delay or mis-delivery may be brought to notice. 
The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, U. S.A. and 
Messrs, George Robertson & Co., 17 Warwick Square, London, E.C., 
have kindly undertaken to receive and forward to Sydney all 
communications and parcels intended for the Royal Society of 
New South Wales. 
We are, Sir, 
Your obedient Servants, 
J. W. GRIMSHAW ) 
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