56 PROCEEDINGS. 



Messrs. S. T. Leigh & Co., was approved, and afterwards signed 

 by the President on behalf of the Society. 



It was resolved that the address be suitably bound in morocco, 

 and presented to His Excellency the Governor for transmission to 

 Her Majesty as soon as possible. 



WEDNESDAY, 1 JUNE, 1887. 



C. S. Wilkinson, F.G.S., President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members 

 of the Society : — 



Long, Alfred Parry ; Sydney. 



Mackenzie, George Stephen, Ph.D. (Heidelberg)F.I.C; Sydney 



The certificates of five new candidates were read for the second 

 time, and of five for the first time. 



The President on behalf of the Council, stated that inconsequence 

 of new regulations having been introduced in the Government 

 departments, the Society's proceedings would no longer be printed 

 at the Government Printing Office, and it was therefore necessary 

 that the Society should publish its own Journal. The Society was 

 very much indebted to the Government for the assistance hitherto 

 afforded in printing its Proceedings. The Council had decided to 

 issue the Journal monthly ; he believed that this would prove of 

 great advantage to the members, and authors will be able to have 

 their papers ten days after delivery. Mr. Wilkinson also stated 

 that the Jubilee Address adopted at a special meeting of members 

 on the 20th ultimo, the text of which is as follows, was open for 

 inspection : — 



" To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 

 " May it please your Majesty — 



" We, the members of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 

 " desire to approach your Majesty with our hearty congratulations on the 

 " happy Jubilee of your Majesty's Reign, and to express our earnest and 

 " respectful hope that your Majesty's benificient reign may be prolonged 

 " for the promotion of the happiness of your loving and loyal subjects. 



" On behalf and in the name of the Royal Society of N.S.W., 

 " C. S. Wilkinson, President." 



Mr. Lawrence Hargrave read a paper on "Recent work on Flying 

 Machines," which was illustrated by a model and six large diagrams. 



Some remarks upon the same were made by Professor Threlfall. 



Mr. J. H. Maiden, F.R.G.S., read a paper on " Some New South 

 Wales Tan-substances." A collection of barks and kinos, lent by 

 the Trustees of the Technological Museum to illustrate the paper 

 were exhibited. 



