ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. XXxi. 



ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, OCTOBER 4, 1899. 



The General Monthly Meeting of the Society was held at the 

 Society's House, No. 5 Elizabeth-street North, on Wednesday 

 evening, October 4th, 1899. 



Professor T. W. E. David, b.a., f.g.s., Vice-President, in the 

 Chair. 



Forty -three members and three visitors were present. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 



The certificates of four candidates were read for the third time, 

 and of two for the first time. 



The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members 

 of the Society : — 



De Coque, John Vincent ; Department of Public Works. 



Rae, J. Livington Campbell ; JBalmain. 



Schmidlin, F. ; Elizabeth-street. 



Woolnough, W. George, b.Sc; University of Sydney. 



The Chairman announced at the last meeting of the Society 

 that a request for the formation of an Anthropological and 

 Ethnological Section had been received by the Council. In order 

 that the Council might be in a position to deal with the matter 

 it was requested that every member of the Society who was willing 

 to attend the meetings and take an active part in the work of 

 such a section, whether he had signed the requisition or not, would 

 send in his name to the Hon. Secretaries. This request was made 

 last meeting, but so far but one response had been received in 

 reply. 



He also stated that the Abstract for October would contain the 

 following alterations to the Rules which are proposed by the 

 Council with a view to enabling nominations to that body by 

 members of the Society to. be more effectually submitted- to the 

 vote of the Society. These proposed alterations will be finally 

 submitted at the next General Monthly Meeting (November 1st): 



