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Geological and certain other societies together with the Royal 

 Academy. 



If such a building could be obtained it would not be necessary to 

 provide meeting halls for each society, as was done by the English 

 Government. Here in Sydney it would for the present be quite 

 sufficient if two or three halls, or lecture rooms, were erected 

 with the necessary separate offices, since several of the societies 

 could use the same room for their general meetings, provided that 

 they had a private room or two each for their offices, books, 

 papers, &c. If more than one meeting-room be provided, one 

 should be fitted up in such a way as to be suitable for the reading 

 of papers and delivery of lectures upon Chemical, Physical and 

 other experimental subjects. I believe that if the matter were 

 carried out, even as a commercial undertaking, it would prove 

 not only a very useful but also a fairly profitable investment. 



Papers read in 1889. — During the past year the Society held 

 eight meetings, at which the following 19 papers were read : — 



1889. 

 May 1. 1 — Annual Address. By Sir Alfred Roberts. 

 June 5. 2 — Note on the Composition of two Sugar Plantation, 

 Soils. By W. A. Dixon, f.i.c, f.c.s. 

 3 — The Aborigines of Australia. By W. T. Wyndham. 

 4 — Note on the Recent Rain Storm. By H. C. Russell,. 



B.A., F.R.S. 



July 3. 5— On the High Tides of June 15-17, 1889. By John 



Tebbutt, f.r.a.s. 

 ,, 6 — List of the Marine and Fresh-water Invertebrate 



Fauna of Port Jackson and the neighbourhood* 



By T. Whitelegge, f.r.m.s. 

 Aug. 7. 7 — The source of the underground water in the 



Western Districts. By H. 0. Russell, b.a., f.r.s. 

 „ 8 — The eruptive Rocks of New Zealand. By Prof. 



F. W. Hutton, f.g.s. 

 „ 9 — On the application of Prismatic Lenses for making 



Normal-sight Magnifying Spectacles. By Percy 



J. Edmunds, 





