2 G. H. KNIBBS. 



Ordinary Members: 

 Bundock, W. C; elected 1877. 

 De Salis, L. F.; elected 1875. 

 Kopsch, G. A.; elected 1877. 

 Long, A. Parry; elected 1887. 

 Roberts, Sir Alfred ; elected 1868. 



In the death of Sir Alfred Roberts our Society and community 

 lost a zealous worker. Born in 1823, and educated in England 

 for the medical profession, he came to this colony about 1850. 

 He was among the earliest founders of this Society, having been 

 Hon. Secretary of its predecessor, the Philosophical Society of 

 New South Wales, in 1862, He contributed several papers and 

 occupied also the position of President, and almost to the end 

 threw the weight of his influence into the work of the Medical 

 and Sanitary Sections. The Prince Alfred Hospital, erected in 

 commemoration of the preservation of the life of H.R.H. the Duke 

 of Edinburgh, an institution whose development was largely due 

 to his untiring and watchful care, will remain a permanent monu- 

 ment of his zeal, and invaluable service in the cause of humanity. 

 His name will ever be borne, by those who knew his life and 

 work, in respectful and affectionate memory. 



Papers read in 1898. — During the past year the Society held 

 eight meetings, at which the average attendance of members was 

 thirty, and of visitors two ; the following sixteen papers were read : 

 I. — President's Address. By Henry Deane, M.A., M. Inst. C.E. 

 II. — Aeronautics. By L. Hargrave 

 III. — Australian Divisional Systems. By R. H. Mathews, l.s. 

 IV. — Artesian Water in New South Wales. By J. W. Boultbee 

 V. — On the " Stringybark " Trees of N. S. Wales, especially in 

 regard to their Essential Oils. By R. T. Baker, f.l.s.* 

 Curator, and H. G. Smith, f.c.s., Technological Museum, 

 Sydney. 

 VI. — Current Observations on the Canadian-Australian Route. 

 By Capt. M. W. Campbell Hepworth, f. r. Met. soc, f.r.a.s., 

 R.M.S. Aorangi. (Communicated by H. C. Russell, b.a., 



C.M.G., F.R.S.) 



VII. — Water-spouts on the Coast of New South Wales. By H. C. 

 Russell, b.a., c.m.g., f.r.s. (Plates ii. - ix.) 



