216 PROCEEDINGS. 



As regards the three other tan-substances more or less used in 

 the Colonies, — sumach (already dealt with at some length), valonia 

 and myrabolans, they can all be grown in the colony, but as far as 

 I know, their cultivation has never been attempted. 



The inferior position in regard to the manufacture of leather 

 which this colony occupies as compared with Yictoria, has already 

 been alluded to. 



WEDNEHDA Y, OCTOBER 5, 1887. 



Christopher Rollestox, C.M.G., Vice-President in the Chairs 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



The Chairman referred to the loss the Society had sustained 

 through the death of Mr. F. B. Miller of the Melbourne Mint, 

 who had been a corresponding member for the last seven years. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members 

 of the Society : — 



Armstrong, William Harvey ; Waverley. 



Blaxland, Ernest Gregory, M.R.C.S.E., L.R.C.P., London; 



Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. 

 Hamlet, W. M., F.C.S., Government Analyst ; Sydney. 

 Lyden, Michael John, M.D., M.Ch., Q.XJ. Ireland ; Sydney. 

 MacAllister, J. G., M.B., Cli. M. ; Prince Alfred Hospital, 



Sydney. 

 Miles, George E., L.R.C.P.L., M.R.C.S.E. ; Glebe. 

 Munro, W. J., M.B., Ch.M., M.R.C.S.E. ; Glebe. 

 Seaver, Jonathan, F.G.S., M.L.A. ; Sydney. 



The followiny letters were read, from Professor Michael Foster, 

 M.A., M.D., F.R.S., acknowledging his election as an Honorary 

 Member of the Society ; and from His Excellency the Governor 

 conveying the thanks of Her Majesty The Queen, for the address 

 presented by the Society : 



" Cambridge, England, July 1, 1887. 

 My dear Sir, 



Will you kindly convey to your President, Officers, and Members, 

 my grateful thanks for the honour they have done me in electing me an 

 Honorary Member of your Society, a distinction which I highly appreciate. 



It is especially pleasing to me to be thus associated with a leading 

 Scientific Society of our Colonies, because as you know I hawe greatly at 

 heart the development of Science in the Colonies, 



