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10 — Flying Machine Memoranda. By Lawrence 



Hargrave. 



.Sept. 4. 11 — Irrigation in its i elation to the Pastoral Industry 

 of New South Wales. By H. G. McKinney, 



M.E., M.I.C.E. 



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•Oct. 2. 12— The Analysis of Prickly Pear. By W. M. Hamlet, 



F.C.S., F.I.C. 



13 — On the Occurrence of Arabin in Prickly Pear — 

 (Opuntia Braziliensis). By W. M. Hamlet, 



F.C.S., F.I.C. 



14 — Personal Recollections of the Aboriginal Tribes 

 once inhabiting the Adelaide Plains of South 

 Australia. By Edward Stephens. 

 Nov. 6. 15 — Aids to the Sanitation of unsewered districts — 

 (Poudrette Factories). By J. Ashburton 



Thompson, m.d. Brux. 

 16 — Notes on Goulburn Lime. By E. C. Manfred. 

 17 — Notes on some New South Wales Minerals. By 

 C. H. Mingaye, f.c.s. 

 Dec. 4. 18 — Well and River Waters of New South Wales. 

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

 ,, 19 — The Australian Aborigines. By Rev. John 



Mathew, m.a. 



A " reception " to the members of the Society was held in the 

 Society's Hall on the 21st August, 1889, at which upwards of 

 one hundred were present. The meeting was a successful one, 

 and afforded a more satisfactory opportunity for the exhibition of 

 objects of scientific interest, their examination and discussion, 

 than the usual conversazione to which large numbers are invited. 



Two lectures were also delivered to the members, viz. : — by 

 Prof. Threlfall, m.a. ' On the Present State of Applied Electrical 

 Science," 24th June, 1889 ; and by Mr. M. Hamlet, f.i.c, f.c.s. 

 on "The Evolution of the Kerosene Lamp," 16th October, 1889. 



The Council had arranged for a course of three lectures on the 

 " Geology of Australia," which Mr. C. S. Wilkinson, f.g.s., 

 Government Geologist, had kindly offered to deliver, but on 





