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account of Mr. Wilkinson's absence from Sydney on Departmental 

 business they had, much to the regret of the members, to be 

 postponed. Now by Mr. Wilkinson's visit to England in charge 

 of the Mineral Exhibits at the forthcoming Mining and Metal- 

 lurgical Exhibition, it will be necessary to postpone the lectures 

 for a still further period, but Mr. Wilkinson promises to deliver 

 them on his return. 



Clarke Medal. — On the 11th December, 1889, the Council 

 awarded the "Clarke Medal" for 1890 to George Bennett, m.d., 

 Univ. Glas., f.r.c.s.,e., f.l.s., f.z.s., of Sydney, in recognition of 

 his meritorious scientific labours, and more particularly on account 

 of his very valuable contributions to the Natural History of 

 New South Wales. 



Library. — During the past year 105 volumes have been pur- 

 chased at a cost of <£79 19s., this includes .£40 devoted to medical 

 works, also the back volumes necessary to complete the following 

 sets, viz. : " Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh," 

 " Biedermann's Technisch - Chemisches Jahrbuch, " and the 

 " Analyst." The donations to the Society's Library during the 

 past year consisted of : — 252 Volumes, 1,048 Parts, 231 Pamphlets, 

 4 Maps, 96 Charts, 1 Portfolio and 26 loose Diagrams and Plans, 

 3 Engravings, 3 Photographs, 5 Atlases. — Total publications, 

 1,669. At the present time many of the periodicals are laid out 

 during the day in the room in which we now sit ; unfortunately, 

 on account of circumstances which we cannot control, these have 

 to be gathered up and put away on certain days. I have no 

 doubt many more members would make use of them if there were 

 not the uncertainty that this room may be in use for some other 

 purpose on the particular occasions when they would like to come. 



Although a list of the publications taken by and presented to 

 the Society is published annually in the volume, yet some of the 

 members may not have fully realized that we subscribe to forty- 

 five scientific and literary journals and publications, and receive 

 annually in exchange for our own between two hundred and three 



