Meetings of the Section will be held on 



unless otherwise notified. 



2. That the Society's Journal, Vol. xliii, for 1909, was 

 in the binder's hands and would be ready for delivery to 

 members in a week or two. 



3. Ninety-three volumes, 813 parts, 76 reports, 202 pam- 

 phlets, and 7 maps, total 1,221 received as donations since 

 the previous meeting, were laid upon the table and acknow- 



4. The following series of Popular Science Lectures, 

 illustrated by lantern slides, experiments, or diagrams 

 would be delivered during the present Session : — 



June 16—" The Velocity of Chemical Changes," by Professor Fawsitt, 



D.fc.. Ph.D., illustrated by experiments. 

 July 21— "Early Blue Mountain Exploration, BarralHers furthest West," by 



R. H. Cambage, f.l.s. 

 August 18 -" The Mountains of New South Wales, their Nature and Origin," 



by C. A. Sussmilch, v.q.s, 

 September 15— "Modern Methods of Recording Earthquakes," by Rev. E. F. 



October 20—" The Social View of Capital;' by R. F. Irvine, m.a. 



The following letter was read, from Dr. Walter B. 

 Roth,b.a., Pomeroon River, British Guiana, acknowledging 

 the award of the Clarke Memorial Medal :— 



Pomeroon River, British Guiana, South America, 



21th January, 1910. 



Dear Sir,— I have just received the Clarke Memorial Medal and your 



- last. Pieaee conv< 



of the Royal So lee mysincerest tb 



vt- thereby conferred < 



I myself do not consider my scientific researches into the etln: 



the North Queensland Aborigines worthy of so signal a reward, it at the 



same time gives me the a.t,tt eon- 



tinu iuy -.v.-rl. ti -:,,. ■ and to aim 



and strive at better results. Situated as I have U.-.-n ..lurm- tb- pa>t 



three years, far from all the sweets an i d-lisi '• t r;H -at ion, an even 



greater pleasure in the receipt of the medal, has been the knowledge, that 



dear sir, very faithfully yours, WALTER E. ROTH. 



F. B. Guthrie, Esq., Hon. Sec, Royal Society of N.S. Wales. 





